u32 ifindex = *(u32 *)value;
        u32 idx = *(u32 *)key;
        unsigned long flags;
+       int err = -EEXIST;
 
        if (unlikely(map_flags > BPF_EXIST || !ifindex))
                return -EINVAL;
 
+       spin_lock_irqsave(&dtab->index_lock, flags);
+
        old_dev = __dev_map_hash_lookup_elem(map, idx);
        if (old_dev && (map_flags & BPF_NOEXIST))
-               return -EEXIST;
+               goto out_err;
 
        dev = __dev_map_alloc_node(net, dtab, ifindex, idx);
-       if (IS_ERR(dev))
-               return PTR_ERR(dev);
-
-       spin_lock_irqsave(&dtab->index_lock, flags);
+       if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
+               err = PTR_ERR(dev);
+               goto out_err;
+       }
 
        if (old_dev) {
                hlist_del_rcu(&old_dev->index_hlist);
                call_rcu(&old_dev->rcu, __dev_map_entry_free);
 
        return 0;
+
+out_err:
+       spin_unlock_irqrestore(&dtab->index_lock, flags);
+       return err;
 }
 
 static int dev_map_hash_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map, void *key, void *value,