diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_main.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_main.c
index 17a9dd20c8c355d5d01035f3859c348d76473e64..a402ccfac55770c63113e036013d0daf6b53cebf 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_main.c
@@ -143,8 +143,10 @@ static void cptpf_flr_wq_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	mutex_lock(&pf->lock);
 	req = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg_rsp(mbox, 0, sizeof(*req),
 				      sizeof(struct msg_rsp));
-	if (!req)
+	if (!req) {
+		mutex_unlock(&pf->lock);
 		return;
+	}
 
 	req->sig = OTX2_MBOX_REQ_SIG;
 	req->id = MBOX_MSG_VF_FLR;
diff --git a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_mbox.c b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_mbox.c
index fee758b86d29f5c8cfdfa5533217f02fa6726dda..dee0aa60b698524ae2d672affdc8e6eba8ceca35 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_mbox.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/marvell/octeontx2/otx2_cptpf_mbox.c
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ static int forward_to_af(struct otx2_cptpf_dev *cptpf,
 
 	mutex_lock(&cptpf->lock);
 	msg = otx2_mbox_alloc_msg(&cptpf->afpf_mbox, 0, size);
-	if (msg == NULL)
+	if (msg == NULL) {
+		mutex_unlock(&cptpf->lock);
 		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	memcpy((uint8_t *)msg + sizeof(struct mbox_msghdr),
 	       (uint8_t *)req + sizeof(struct mbox_msghdr), size);