diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 2685670b20ecc5c5ea0bacdb2cca1eeb42d8feed..d09a8916e94005180f0f6beaf0ff53d7b2e932a4 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -3389,14 +3389,14 @@ int _vb2_fop_release(struct file *file, struct mutex *lock)
 {
 	struct video_device *vdev = video_devdata(file);
 
+	if (lock)
+		mutex_lock(lock);
 	if (file->private_data == vdev->queue->owner) {
-		if (lock)
-			mutex_lock(lock);
 		vb2_queue_release(vdev->queue);
 		vdev->queue->owner = NULL;
-		if (lock)
-			mutex_unlock(lock);
 	}
+	if (lock)
+		mutex_unlock(lock);
 	return v4l2_fh_release(file);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(_vb2_fop_release);