diff --git a/asoc/msm-pcm-q6-v2.c b/asoc/msm-pcm-q6-v2.c
index c9a51c013317..40acfe7e31dc 100644
--- a/asoc/msm-pcm-q6-v2.c
+++ b/asoc/msm-pcm-q6-v2.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2012-2019, The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+/* Copyright (c) 2012-2020 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 and
@@ -1942,7 +1942,7 @@ static int msm_pcm_path_latency_ctl_get(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 		if (rc) {
 			pr_err("%s: get_path_delay failed, ret=%d\n",
 				__func__, rc);
-			mutex_lock(&pdata->lock);
+			mutex_unlock(&pdata->lock);
 			return -EINVAL;
 		}
 		ucontrol->value.integer.value[0] =