diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index 4faee2d177284f3cb649ae0dc8dc861e497c21c4..0982dee502918b0fb755d4dcdd9508392e26e5cb 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -938,11 +938,11 @@ static int qcom_glink_rx_open_ack(struct qcom_glink *glink, unsigned int lcid)
 
 	spin_lock(&glink->idr_lock);
 	channel = idr_find(&glink->lcids, lcid);
+	spin_unlock(&glink->idr_lock);
 	if (!channel) {
 		dev_err(glink->dev, "Invalid open ack packet\n");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&glink->idr_lock);
 
 	complete(&channel->open_ack);