* If the entity has never been registered this function will return
  * immediately.
  */
-void media_device_unregister_entity(struct media_entity *entity)
+static void __media_device_unregister_entity(struct media_entity *entity)
 {
        struct media_device *mdev = entity->graph_obj.mdev;
        struct media_link *link, *tmp;
        struct media_interface *intf;
        unsigned int i;
 
-       if (mdev == NULL)
-               return;
-
-       spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
-
        /* Remove all interface links pointing to this entity */
        list_for_each_entry(intf, &mdev->interfaces, graph_obj.list) {
                list_for_each_entry_safe(link, tmp, &intf->links, list) {
        /* Remove the entity */
        media_gobj_destroy(&entity->graph_obj);
 
-       spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
        entity->graph_obj.mdev = NULL;
 }
+
+void media_device_unregister_entity(struct media_entity *entity)
+{
+       struct media_device *mdev = entity->graph_obj.mdev;
+
+       if (mdev == NULL)
+               return;
+
+       spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
+       __media_device_unregister_entity(entity);
+       spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(media_device_unregister_entity);
 
+
 /**
  * media_device_register - register a media device
  * @mdev:      The media device
        struct media_entity *next;
        struct media_interface *intf, *tmp_intf;
 
+       if (mdev == NULL)
+               return;
+
+       spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
+
        /* Check if mdev was ever registered at all */
-       if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode))
+       if (!media_devnode_is_registered(&mdev->devnode)) {
+               spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
                return;
+       }
 
        /* Remove all entities from the media device */
        list_for_each_entry_safe(entity, next, &mdev->entities, graph_obj.list)
-               media_device_unregister_entity(entity);
+               __media_device_unregister_entity(entity);
 
        /* Remove all interfaces from the media device */
-       spin_lock(&mdev->lock);
        list_for_each_entry_safe(intf, tmp_intf, &mdev->interfaces,
                                 graph_obj.list) {
                __media_remove_intf_links(intf);
                media_gobj_destroy(&intf->graph_obj);
                kfree(intf);
        }
+
        spin_unlock(&mdev->lock);
 
        device_remove_file(&mdev->devnode.dev, &dev_attr_model);