Merge branch 'master' of git://1984.lsi.us.es/nf

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
index 0616f235bd6..ce310170829 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usb-skeleton.c
@@ -105,20 +105,15 @@ static int skel_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	/* increment our usage count for the device */
-	kref_get(&dev->kref);
-
-	/* lock the device to allow correctly handling errors
-	 * in resumption */
-	mutex_lock(&dev->io_mutex);
-
 	retval = usb_autopm_get_interface(interface);
 	if (retval)
-		goto out_err;
+		goto exit;
+
+	/* increment our usage count for the device */
+	kref_get(&dev->kref);
 
 	/* save our object in the file's private structure */
 	file->private_data = dev;
-	mutex_unlock(&dev->io_mutex);
 
 exit:
 	return retval;