diff --git a/fs/proc/generic.c b/fs/proc/generic.c
index 6a2fe5187b62..75cd8d709f7f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/generic.c
+++ b/fs/proc/generic.c
@@ -406,12 +406,12 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup(struct inode * dir, struct dentry *dentry, struct nam
 				spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
 				error = -EINVAL;
 				inode = proc_get_inode(dir->i_sb, ino, de);
-				spin_lock(&proc_subdir_lock);
-				break;
+				goto out_unlock;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&proc_subdir_lock);
+out_unlock:
 	unlock_kernel();
 
 	if (inode) {