diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
index 27806426c36d..2a4ba2b1b5e1 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs_cmd.c
@@ -565,9 +565,10 @@ ssize_t ib_uverbs_open_xrcd(struct ib_uverbs_file *file,
 	if (f.file)
 		fdput(f);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&file->device->xrcd_tree_mutex);
+
 	uobj_alloc_commit(&obj->uobject);
 
-	mutex_unlock(&file->device->xrcd_tree_mutex);
 	return in_len;
 
 err_copy: