diff --git a/kernel/kprobes.c b/kernel/kprobes.c
index 479d4d5672f9..5016bfb682b9 100644
--- a/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -919,10 +919,8 @@ static int __kprobes pre_handler_kretprobe(struct kprobe *p,
 		ri->rp = rp;
 		ri->task = current;
 
-		if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs)) {
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&rp->lock, flags);
+		if (rp->entry_handler && rp->entry_handler(ri, regs))
 			return 0;
-		}
 
 		arch_prepare_kretprobe(ri, regs);