diff --git a/lib/dma-debug.c b/lib/dma-debug.c
index 13ef233..518aea7 100644
--- a/lib/dma-debug.c
+++ b/lib/dma-debug.c
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@
  */
 static struct dma_debug_entry *dma_entry_alloc(void)
 {
-	struct dma_debug_entry *entry = NULL;
+	struct dma_debug_entry *entry;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&free_entries_lock, flags);
@@ -438,11 +438,14 @@
 	if (list_empty(&free_entries)) {
 		pr_err("DMA-API: debugging out of memory - disabling\n");
 		global_disable = true;
-		goto out;
+		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
+		return NULL;
 	}
 
 	entry = __dma_entry_alloc();
 
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_STACKTRACE
 	entry->stacktrace.max_entries = DMA_DEBUG_STACKTRACE_ENTRIES;
 	entry->stacktrace.entries = entry->st_entries;
@@ -450,9 +453,6 @@
 	save_stack_trace(&entry->stacktrace);
 #endif
 
-out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&free_entries_lock, flags);
-
 	return entry;
 }