diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 8acd9b81a5d76046ee52c9d1dc9224cc43edb1c2..7355a38e18be7890aeda907eb72fe70c9cd605f1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2191,11 +2191,12 @@ tracing_cpumask_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	if (!alloc_cpumask_var(&tracing_cpumask_new, GFP_KERNEL))
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	mutex_lock(&tracing_cpumask_update_lock);
 	err = cpumask_parse_user(ubuf, count, tracing_cpumask_new);
 	if (err)
 		goto err_unlock;
 
+	mutex_lock(&tracing_cpumask_update_lock);
+
 	local_irq_disable();
 	__raw_spin_lock(&ftrace_max_lock);
 	for_each_tracing_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -2223,8 +2224,7 @@ tracing_cpumask_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *ubuf,
 	return count;
 
 err_unlock:
-	mutex_unlock(&tracing_cpumask_update_lock);
-	free_cpumask_var(tracing_cpumask);
+	free_cpumask_var(tracing_cpumask_new);
 
 	return err;
 }