1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
index 0f590227943b..7853c31bd690 100644
--- a/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
+++ b/net/9p/trans_virtio.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ p9_virtio_rpc(struct p9_trans *t, struct p9_fcall *tc, struct p9_fcall **rc,
 
         rdata = (char *)*rc+sizeof(struct p9_fcall);
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
         n = P9_NOTAG;
         if (tc->id != P9_TVERSION) {
                 n = p9_idpool_get(chan->tagpool);
@@ -240,6 +239,7 @@ p9_virtio_rpc(struct p9_trans *t, struct p9_fcall *tc, struct p9_fcall **rc,
                         return -ENOMEM;
         }
 
+        spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->lock, flags);
         req = p9_lookup_tag(chan, n);
         spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->lock, flags);