diff --git a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
index a621481c6cf27f946a6050f5ef9f6ea466b51689..fdb0a76e40a3020806cfce8c4e637273e2fc4f2c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/acpica/evglock.c
@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ acpi_status acpi_ev_remove_global_lock_handler(void)
 	status = acpi_remove_fixed_event_handler(ACPI_EVENT_GLOBAL,
 						 acpi_ev_global_lock_handler);
 
+	acpi_os_delete_lock(acpi_gbl_global_lock_pending_lock);
 	return_ACPI_STATUS(status);
 }