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-rw-r--r--drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
index d8e5747ff4e3..264d4af0bf69 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c
@@ -1006,17 +1006,18 @@ static int ppp_unit_register(struct ppp *ppp, int unit, bool ifname_is_set)
if (!ifname_is_set)
snprintf(ppp->dev->name, IFNAMSIZ, "ppp%i", ppp->file.index);
+ mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
+
ret = register_netdevice(ppp->dev);
if (ret < 0)
goto err_unit;
atomic_inc(&ppp_unit_count);
- mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
-
return 0;
err_unit:
+ mutex_lock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);
unit_put(&pn->units_idr, ppp->file.index);
err:
mutex_unlock(&pn->all_ppp_mutex);