diff --git a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
index e9b436d2d94434c17fb1030d50528341edd71659..39e27f4be4acbfb7e27731053271fcd33c7d93d1 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/usbhid/hiddev.c
@@ -527,8 +527,10 @@ static noinline int hiddev_ioctl_usage(struct hiddev *hiddev, unsigned int cmd,
 			goto goodreturn;
 
 		case HIDIOCGCOLLECTIONINDEX:
+			i = field->usage[uref->usage_index].collection_index;
+			unlock_kernel();
 			kfree(uref_multi);
-			return field->usage[uref->usage_index].collection_index;
+			return i;
 		case HIDIOCGUSAGES:
 			for (i = 0; i < uref_multi->num_values; i++)
 				uref_multi->values[i] =