diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
index d756436c1fcd3293f40db2d9efda018603c496e4..989465e5f9d91ac00824cb9cd60a38fa55a2dfd1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_debugfs.c
@@ -53,12 +53,8 @@ static int msm_gpu_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	struct msm_gpu_show_priv *show_priv = m->private;
 	struct msm_drm_private *priv = show_priv->dev->dev_private;
 	struct msm_gpu *gpu = priv->gpu;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = mutex_lock_interruptible(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
 
+	mutex_lock(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);
 	gpu->funcs->gpu_state_put(show_priv->state);
 	mutex_unlock(&show_priv->dev->struct_mutex);