If the __qcuefi pointer is not set, then in the original code, we would hold onto the lock. That means that if we tried to set it later, then it would cause a deadlock. Drop the lock on the error path. That's what all the callers are expecting. Fixes: 759e7a2b62eb ("firmware: Add support for Qualcomm UEFI Secure Application") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.c b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.c index 6fefa4fe80e8..447246bd04be 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.c +++ b/drivers/firmware/qcom/qcom_qseecom_uefisecapp.c @@ -715,6 +715,10 @@ static int qcuefi_set_reference(struct qcuefi_client *qcuefi) static struct qcuefi_client *qcuefi_acquire(void) { mutex_lock(&__qcuefi_lock); + if (!__qcuefi) { + mutex_unlock(&__qcuefi_lock); + return NULL; + } return __qcuefi; } -- 2.45.2