struct kstat stat;
        int ret;
 
+       ret = mutex_lock_killable_nested(&loop_ctl_mutex, 1);
+       if (ret)
+               return ret;
        if (lo->lo_state != Lo_bound) {
                mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
                return -ENXIO;
        struct loop_info64 info64;
        int err;
 
-       if (!arg) {
-               mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+       if (!arg)
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
        err = loop_get_status(lo, &info64);
        if (!err)
                err = loop_info64_to_old(&info64, &info);
        struct loop_info64 info64;
        int err;
 
-       if (!arg) {
-               mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+       if (!arg)
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
        err = loop_get_status(lo, &info64);
        if (!err && copy_to_user(arg, &info64, sizeof(info64)))
                err = -EFAULT;
                }
                break;
        case LOOP_GET_STATUS:
-               err = mutex_lock_killable_nested(&loop_ctl_mutex, 1);
-               if (err)
-                       return err;
-               err = loop_get_status_old(lo, (struct loop_info __user *) arg);
-               /* loop_get_status() unlocks loop_ctl_mutex */
-               break;
+               return loop_get_status_old(lo, (struct loop_info __user *) arg);
        case LOOP_SET_STATUS64:
                err = -EPERM;
                if ((mode & FMODE_WRITE) || capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
                }
                break;
        case LOOP_GET_STATUS64:
-               err = mutex_lock_killable_nested(&loop_ctl_mutex, 1);
-               if (err)
-                       return err;
-               err = loop_get_status64(lo, (struct loop_info64 __user *) arg);
-               /* loop_get_status() unlocks loop_ctl_mutex */
-               break;
+               return loop_get_status64(lo, (struct loop_info64 __user *) arg);
        case LOOP_SET_CAPACITY:
        case LOOP_SET_DIRECT_IO:
        case LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE:
        struct loop_info64 info64;
        int err;
 
-       if (!arg) {
-               mutex_unlock(&loop_ctl_mutex);
+       if (!arg)
                return -EINVAL;
-       }
        err = loop_get_status(lo, &info64);
        if (!err)
                err = loop_info64_to_compat(&info64, arg);
                }
                break;
        case LOOP_GET_STATUS:
-               err = mutex_lock_killable(&loop_ctl_mutex);
-               if (!err) {
-                       err = loop_get_status_compat(lo,
-                                                    (struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg);
-                       /* loop_get_status() unlocks loop_ctl_mutex */
-               }
+               err = loop_get_status_compat(lo,
+                                    (struct compat_loop_info __user *)arg);
                break;
        case LOOP_SET_CAPACITY:
        case LOOP_CLR_FD: