# Pastebin ITIiVAu1
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
index 87cbd86576b2..347298e1ac8a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ftrace.c
@@ -118,11 +118,12 @@ int ftrace_init_nop(struct module *mod, struct dyn_ftrace *rec)
 
 	mutex_lock(&text_mutex);
 	out = ftrace_make_nop(mod, rec, MCOUNT_ADDR);
-	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
 
 	if (!mod)
 		local_flush_icache_range(rec->ip, rec->ip + MCOUNT_INSN_SIZE);
 
+	mutex_unlock(&text_mutex);
+
 	return out;
 }