diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 071671a8674ff45f5eed6ff98c40c4bffdb1ad67..173fdeba09870d2de43a3f69b2a53721a7e8adf2 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -1200,11 +1200,9 @@ void tty_write_message(struct tty_struct *tty, char *msg)
 	if (tty) {
 		mutex_lock(&tty->atomic_write_lock);
 		tty_lock(tty);
-		if (tty->ops->write && tty->count > 0) {
-			tty_unlock(tty);
+		if (tty->ops->write && tty->count > 0)
 			tty->ops->write(tty, msg, strlen(msg));
-		} else
-			tty_unlock(tty);
+		tty_unlock(tty);
 		tty_write_unlock(tty);
 	}
 	return;