diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 1e04cd4..6ca7b97 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1138,8 +1138,10 @@
 	omqstat.mq_flags = filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK;
 	if (u_mqstat) {
 		ret = audit_mq_getsetattr(mqdes, &mqstat);
-		if (ret != 0)
-			goto out;
+		if (ret != 0) {
+			spin_unlock(&info->lock);
+			goto out_fput;
+		}
 		if (mqstat.mq_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
 			filp->f_flags |= O_NONBLOCK;
 		else