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-rw-r--r--drivers/tty/pty.c4
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/tty/pty.c b/drivers/tty/pty.c
index d8558834ce57..a0ca0830cbcf 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/pty.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/pty.c
@@ -618,13 +618,12 @@ static int ptmx_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
/* find a device that is not in use. */
mutex_lock(&devpts_mutex);
index = devpts_new_index(inode);
+ mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
if (index < 0) {
retval = index;
goto err_file;
}
- mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
-
mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
tty = tty_init_dev(ptm_driver, index);
@@ -659,7 +658,6 @@ out:
mutex_unlock(&tty_mutex);
devpts_kill_index(inode, index);
err_file:
- mutex_unlock(&devpts_mutex);
tty_free_file(filp);
return retval;
}
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