diff --git a/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/storage/layer_store/graphdriver/driver.c b/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/storage/layer_store/graphdriver/driver.c
index 75da8262d5f6ff8994ddcc50e4d23913a0e5c7ac..5fb8b90446b3b77ea7614f2789ccf62601702e92 100644
--- a/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/storage/layer_store/graphdriver/driver.c
+++ b/src/daemon/modules/image/oci/storage/layer_store/graphdriver/driver.c
@@ -509,6 +509,7 @@ int graphdriver_cleanup(void)
 
     if (g_graphdriver->ops->clean_up(g_graphdriver) != 0) {
         ret = -1;
+        driver_unlock();
         goto out;
     }