--- l/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ f/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct
 
 	dev_set_uevent_suppress(f_dev, true);
 
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
+
 	retval = device_add(f_dev);
 	if (retval) {
 		dev_err(f_dev, "%s: device_register failed\n", __func__);
 		goto err_put_dev;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 	if (fw_load_abort_all || fw_state_is_aborted(fw_priv)) {
-		mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 		retval = -EINTR;
 		goto out;
 	}
@@ -120,10 +120,12 @@ static int fw_load_sysfs_fallback(struct
 	} else if (fw_priv->is_paged_buf && !fw_priv->data)
 		retval = -ENOMEM;
 
+	mutex_lock(&fw_lock);
 out:
 	device_del(f_dev);
 err_put_dev:
 	put_device(f_dev);
+	mutex_unlock(&fw_lock);
 	return retval;
 }