diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index ea59c01ce8db0da3bafd25ccf99e6dcb44280d61..f530d3541242847d3969bee63aafc1f20bfab69a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -719,6 +719,7 @@ int nfit_get_smbios_id(u32 device_handle, u16 *flags)
 	struct acpi_nfit_memory_map *memdev;
 	struct acpi_nfit_desc *acpi_desc;
 	struct nfit_mem *nfit_mem;
+	u16 physical_id;
 
 	mutex_lock(&acpi_desc_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(acpi_desc, &acpi_descs, list) {
@@ -726,10 +727,11 @@ int nfit_get_smbios_id(u32 device_handle, u16 *flags)
 		list_for_each_entry(nfit_mem, &acpi_desc->dimms, list) {
 			memdev = __to_nfit_memdev(nfit_mem);
 			if (memdev->device_handle == device_handle) {
+				*flags = memdev->flags;
+				physical_id = memdev->physical_id;
 				mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);
 				mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc_lock);
-				*flags = memdev->flags;
-				return memdev->physical_id;
+				return physical_id;
 			}
 		}
 		mutex_unlock(&acpi_desc->init_mutex);