diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c
index 5d88917c963149b0ba1daa02cc4da4e84ca3c106..086ca76dd0531acfced7450ed2a321f06428bdf1 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/usbip_event.c
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ static void event_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 	while ((ud = get_event()) != NULL) {
 		usbip_dbg_eh("pending event %lx\n", ud->event);
 
+		mutex_lock(&ud->sysfs_lock);
 		/*
 		 * NOTE: shutdown must come first.
 		 * Shutdown the device.
@@ -90,6 +91,7 @@ static void event_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 			ud->eh_ops.unusable(ud);
 			unset_event(ud, USBIP_EH_UNUSABLE);
 		}
+		mutex_unlock(&ud->sysfs_lock);
 
 		wake_up(&ud->eh_waitq);
 	}