diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_diag.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_diag.c
index 7d3fb6996b41d6fb6aecf589b2ef2bcddbe5588e..28ddceb260e895dd88863e5995e4dbb6df1dbd9e 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_diag.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_diag.c
@@ -277,13 +277,14 @@ static int ipath_diag_open(struct inode *in, struct file *fp)
 
 bail:
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ipath_devs_lock, flags);
-	mutex_unlock(&ipath_mutex);
 
 	/* Only expose a way to reset the device if we
 	   make it into diag mode. */
 	if (ret == 0)
 		ipath_expose_reset(&dd->pcidev->dev);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&ipath_mutex);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
index 32acd8048b499809b1f8988de48dc6499365aea7..f323791cc49513d2b25be8238f68f6538dda330b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ipath/ipath_sysfs.c
@@ -711,10 +711,22 @@ static struct attribute_group dev_attr_group = {
  * enters diag mode.  A device reset is quite likely to crash the
  * machine entirely, so we don't want to normally make it
  * available.
+ *
+ * Called with ipath_mutex held.
  */
 int ipath_expose_reset(struct device *dev)
 {
-	return device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_reset);
+	static int exposed;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!exposed) {
+		ret = device_create_file(dev, &dev_attr_reset);
+		exposed = 1;
+	}
+	else
+		ret = 0;
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 int ipath_driver_create_group(struct device_driver *drv)