diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c index b6114d672413004273b91cf743e0b872f899245c..60e75130a44c695b5fe565a6679963961d1b8a3c 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/super.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/super.c @@ -1966,10 +1966,12 @@ static ssize_t register_bcache(struct kobject *k, struct kobj_attribute *attr, if (IS_ERR(bdev)) { if (bdev == ERR_PTR(-EBUSY)) { bdev = lookup_bdev(strim(path)); + mutex_lock(&bch_register_lock); if (!IS_ERR(bdev) && bch_is_open(bdev)) err = "device already registered"; else err = "device busy"; + mutex_unlock(&bch_register_lock); } goto err; }