1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/mm/vm_area.c b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/mm/vm_area.c
index 5d3b0526..5a28b7bc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/mm/vm_area.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/nvgpu/common/mm/vm_area.c
@@ -218,8 +218,6 @@ int nvgpu_vm_area_free(struct vm_gk20a *vm, u64 addr)
                 nvgpu_ref_put(&buffer->ref, __nvgpu_vm_unmap_ref);
         }
 
-        nvgpu_mutex_release(&vm->update_gmmu_lock);
-
         /* if this was a sparse mapping, free the va */
         if (vm_area->sparse)
                 g->ops.mm.gmmu_unmap(vm,
@@ -231,6 +229,8 @@ int nvgpu_vm_area_free(struct vm_gk20a *vm, u64 addr)
                                      true,
                                      NULL);
 
+        nvgpu_mutex_release(&vm->update_gmmu_lock);
+
         nvgpu_free(vm->vma[vm_area->pgsz_idx], vm_area->addr);
         nvgpu_kfree(g, vm_area);