diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
index 8b3d241a31c2606e99f76a33a94fed8092e40971..61d78d64bdf0d1c5ba93022d95bac7fd480e8982 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_events_user.c
@@ -1165,11 +1165,11 @@ static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
 #endif
 
 	mutex_lock(&event_mutex);
+
 	ret = user_event_trace_register(user);
-	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 
 	if (ret)
-		goto put_user;
+		goto put_user_lock;
 
 	user->index = index;
 
@@ -1181,8 +1181,12 @@ static int user_event_parse(char *name, char *args, char *flags,
 	set_bit(user->index, page_bitmap);
 	hash_add(register_table, &user->node, key);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
+
 	*newuser = user;
 	return 0;
+put_user_lock:
+	mutex_unlock(&event_mutex);
 put_user:
 	user_event_destroy_fields(user);
 	user_event_destroy_validators(user);