1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
index c8434f3d..8f9d7831 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/gk20a/cde_gk20a.c
@@ -950,8 +950,8 @@ __releases(&cde_app->mutex)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
         nvgpu_mutex_acquire(&g->cde_app.mutex);
-
         cde_ctx = gk20a_cde_get_context(g);
+        nvgpu_mutex_release(&g->cde_app.mutex);
         if (IS_ERR(cde_ctx)) {
                 err = PTR_ERR(cde_ctx);
                 goto exit_unlock;
@@ -1121,7 +1121,6 @@ exit_unlock:
         if (surface)
                 dma_buf_vunmap(compbits_scatter_buf, surface);
 
-        nvgpu_mutex_release(&g->cde_app.mutex);
         return err;
 }