usbip_dbg_vhci_sysfs("enter\n");
 
+       mutex_lock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+
        /* lock */
        spin_lock_irqsave(&vhci->lock, flags);
        spin_lock(&vdev->ud.lock);
                /* unlock */
                spin_unlock(&vdev->ud.lock);
                spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vhci->lock, flags);
+               mutex_unlock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
 
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        usbip_event_add(&vdev->ud, VDEV_EVENT_DOWN);
 
+       mutex_unlock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+
        return 0;
 }
 
        else
                vdev = &vhci->vhci_hcd_hs->vdev[rhport];
 
+       mutex_lock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+
        /* Extract socket from fd. */
        socket = sockfd_lookup(sockfd, &err);
        if (!socket) {
                dev_err(dev, "failed to lookup sock");
-               return -EINVAL;
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto unlock_mutex;
        }
        if (socket->type != SOCK_STREAM) {
                dev_err(dev, "Expecting SOCK_STREAM - found %d",
                        socket->type);
                sockfd_put(socket);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto unlock_mutex;
        }
 
        /* create threads before locking */
        tcp_rx = kthread_create(vhci_rx_loop, &vdev->ud, "vhci_rx");
        if (IS_ERR(tcp_rx)) {
                sockfd_put(socket);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto unlock_mutex;
        }
        tcp_tx = kthread_create(vhci_tx_loop, &vdev->ud, "vhci_tx");
        if (IS_ERR(tcp_tx)) {
                kthread_stop(tcp_rx);
                sockfd_put(socket);
-               return -EINVAL;
+               err = -EINVAL;
+               goto unlock_mutex;
        }
 
        /* get task structs now */
                 * Will be retried from userspace
                 * if there's another free port.
                 */
-               return -EBUSY;
+               err = -EBUSY;
+               goto unlock_mutex;
        }
 
        dev_info(dev, "pdev(%u) rhport(%u) sockfd(%d)\n",
 
        rh_port_connect(vdev, speed);
 
+       dev_info(dev, "Device attached\n");
+
+       mutex_unlock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+
        return count;
+
+unlock_mutex:
+       mutex_unlock(&vdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+       return err;
 }
 static DEVICE_ATTR_WO(attach);