return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
+       iter->ops = ops;
+       iter->flags = flag;
+
+       mutex_lock(&ops->regex_lock);
+
        if (flag & FTRACE_ITER_NOTRACE)
                hash = ops->notrace_hash;
        else
                hash = ops->filter_hash;
 
-       iter->ops = ops;
-       iter->flags = flag;
-
        if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
-               mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
                iter->hash = alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(FTRACE_HASH_DEFAULT_BITS, hash);
-               mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
-
                if (!iter->hash) {
                        trace_parser_put(&iter->parser);
                        kfree(iter);
-                       return -ENOMEM;
+                       ret = -ENOMEM;
+                       goto out_unlock;
                }
        }
 
-       mutex_lock(&ops->regex_lock);
-
        if ((file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) &&
            (file->f_flags & O_TRUNC))
                ftrace_filter_reset(iter->hash);
                }
        } else
                file->private_data = iter;
+
+ out_unlock:
        mutex_unlock(&ops->regex_lock);
 
        return ret;
        if (WARN_ON(not))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
+       mutex_lock(&trace_probe_ops.regex_lock);
 
        hash = alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(FTRACE_HASH_DEFAULT_BITS, *orig_hash);
        if (!hash) {
 
        } while_for_each_ftrace_rec();
 
+       mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
        ret = ftrace_hash_move(&trace_probe_ops, 1, orig_hash, hash);
        if (ret < 0)
                count = ret;
 
        __enable_ftrace_function_probe();
+       mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
 
  out_unlock:
-       mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
+       mutex_unlock(&trace_probe_ops.regex_lock);
        free_ftrace_hash(hash);
 
        return count;
                        return;
        }
 
-       mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
+       mutex_lock(&trace_probe_ops.regex_lock);
 
        hash = alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(FTRACE_HASH_DEFAULT_BITS, *orig_hash);
        if (!hash)
                        list_add(&entry->free_list, &free_list);
                }
        }
+       mutex_lock(&ftrace_lock);
        __disable_ftrace_function_probe();
        /*
         * Remove after the disable is called. Otherwise, if the last
                list_del(&entry->free_list);
                ftrace_free_entry(entry);
        }
+       mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
                
  out_unlock:
-       mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
+       mutex_unlock(&trace_probe_ops.regex_lock);
        free_ftrace_hash(hash);
 }
 
        } else
                iter = file->private_data;
 
-       mutex_lock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
-
-       ret = -ENODEV;
        if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
-               goto out_unlock;
+               return -ENODEV;
+
+       /* iter->hash is a local copy, so we don't need regex_lock */
 
        parser = &iter->parser;
        read = trace_get_user(parser, ubuf, cnt, ppos);
                                           parser->idx, enable);
                trace_parser_clear(parser);
                if (ret < 0)
-                       goto out_unlock;
+                       goto out;
        }
 
        ret = read;
-out_unlock:
-       mutex_unlock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
-
+ out:
        return ret;
 }
 
        if (unlikely(ftrace_disabled))
                return -ENODEV;
 
+       mutex_lock(&ops->regex_lock);
+
        if (enable)
                orig_hash = &ops->filter_hash;
        else
                orig_hash = &ops->notrace_hash;
 
        hash = alloc_and_copy_ftrace_hash(FTRACE_HASH_DEFAULT_BITS, *orig_hash);
-       if (!hash)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (!hash) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_regex_unlock;
+       }
 
-       mutex_lock(&ops->regex_lock);
        if (reset)
                ftrace_filter_reset(hash);
        if (buf && !ftrace_match_records(hash, buf, len)) {
        } else
                iter = file->private_data;
 
-       mutex_lock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
-
        parser = &iter->parser;
        if (trace_parser_loaded(parser)) {
                parser->buffer[parser->idx] = 0;
 
        trace_parser_put(parser);
 
+       mutex_lock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
+
        if (file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
                filter_hash = !!(iter->flags & FTRACE_ITER_FILTER);
 
 
                mutex_unlock(&ftrace_lock);
        }
+
+       mutex_unlock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
        free_ftrace_hash(iter->hash);
        kfree(iter);
 
-       mutex_unlock(&iter->ops->regex_lock);
        return 0;
 }