diff --git a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
index f4c0c9fd077bbbd6b1edd1da6793b6f974983c07..801e66abf58e10829881620b840a70c273dc1855 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/unisys/visornic/visornic_main.c
@@ -416,14 +416,15 @@ visornic_serverdown(struct visornic_devdata *devdata,
 		}
 		devdata->server_change_state = true;
 		devdata->server_down_complete_func = complete_func;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata->priv_lock, flags);
 		visornic_serverdown_complete(devdata);
 	} else if (devdata->server_change_state) {
 		dev_dbg(&devdata->dev->device, "%s changing state\n",
 			__func__);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata->priv_lock, flags);
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata->priv_lock, flags);
+	} else
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&devdata->priv_lock, flags);
 	return 0;
 }