diff --git a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
index a64313868d3a15cefca72b5e228e798d98a43a1e..46d135c4988f3774fbd94ecb32d0056ccdd55cd5 100644
--- a/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
+++ b/fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c
@@ -390,9 +390,11 @@ static int fanotify_release(struct inode *ignored, struct file *file)
 	mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 	while (!fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(group)) {
 		fsn_event = fsnotify_remove_first_event(group);
-		if (!(fsn_event->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS))
+		if (!(fsn_event->mask & FAN_ALL_PERM_EVENTS)) {
+			mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
 			fsnotify_destroy_event(group, fsn_event);
-		else
+			mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
+		} else
 			FANOTIFY_PE(fsn_event)->response = FAN_ALLOW;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
diff --git a/fs/notify/notification.c b/fs/notify/notification.c
index e455e83ceeebc9ea5cb0b3166e10bd505cec43f1..7d563dea52a4f696d78e380d698ee2d903a48119 100644
--- a/fs/notify/notification.c
+++ b/fs/notify/notification.c
@@ -178,7 +178,9 @@ void fsnotify_flush_notify(struct fsnotify_group *group)
 	mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 	while (!fsnotify_notify_queue_is_empty(group)) {
 		event = fsnotify_remove_first_event(group);
+		mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
 		fsnotify_destroy_event(group, event);
+		mutex_lock(&group->notification_mutex);
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&group->notification_mutex);
 }