diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
index 35dcc06eb3e2dab77b16e27881f2b6bd6250c372..f118252f3a9f2b921cef3fff96fd1ef890d65b3c 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-dev.c
@@ -403,11 +403,14 @@ static long rtc_dev_ioctl(struct file *file,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RTC_INTF_DEV_UIE_EMUL
 	case RTC_UIE_OFF:
+		mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 		clear_uie(rtc);
-		break;
+		return 0;
 
 	case RTC_UIE_ON:
+		mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 		err = set_uie(rtc);
+		return err;
 #endif
 	default:
 		err = -ENOTTY;