diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
index 4df4a1f402be..fa970650e913 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/videobuf2-core.c
@@ -1916,9 +1916,13 @@ int vb2_mmap(struct vb2_queue *q, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&q->mmap_lock);
+
 	if (vb2_fileio_is_active(q)) {
 		dprintk(1, "mmap: file io in progress\n");
-		return -EBUSY;
+		ret = -EBUSY;
+		goto unlock;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -1926,7 +1930,7 @@ int vb2_mmap(struct vb2_queue *q, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	 */
 	ret = __find_plane_by_offset(q, off, &buffer, &plane);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto unlock;
 
 	vb = q->bufs[buffer];
 
@@ -1942,8 +1946,9 @@ int vb2_mmap(struct vb2_queue *q, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&q->mmap_lock);
 	ret = call_memop(vb, mmap, vb->planes[plane].mem_priv, vma);
+
+unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&q->mmap_lock);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;