*/
 static struct dma_debug_entry *dma_entry_alloc(void)
 {
-       struct dma_debug_entry *entry = NULL;
+       struct dma_debug_entry *entry;
        unsigned long flags;
 
        spin_lock_irqsave(&free_entries_lock, flags);
        if (list_empty(&free_entries)) {
                pr_err("DMA-API: debugging out of memory - disabling\n");
                global_disable = true;
-               goto out;
+               spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
+               return NULL;
        }
 
        entry = __dma_entry_alloc();
 
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
        entry->stacktrace.max_entries = DMA_DEBUG_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES;
        entry->stacktrace.entries = entry->st_entries;
        save_stack_trace(&entry->stacktrace);
 #endif
 
-out:
-       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
-
        return entry;
 }