diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-bit.c b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-bit.c
index 925581d65ad8a596777d3ac295350ea4f9e1b78e..c3eaddced72143a5c1969c56925d6ffd5de8b728 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-bit.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/coda/coda-bit.c
@@ -2309,7 +2309,6 @@ irqreturn_t coda_irq_handler(int irq, void *data)
 	if (ctx == NULL) {
 		v4l2_err(&dev->v4l2_dev,
 			 "Instance released before the end of transaction\n");
-		mutex_unlock(&dev->coda_mutex);
 		return IRQ_HANDLED;
 	}