diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
index 1e9e638cfd7a..6dd6f0490c3a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/logger.c
@@ -172,9 +172,10 @@ static ssize_t logger_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 start:
 	while (1) {
+		mutex_lock(&log->mutex);
+
 		prepare_to_wait(&log->wq, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
-		mutex_lock(&log->mutex);
 		ret = (log->w_off == reader->r_off);
 		mutex_unlock(&log->mutex);
 		if (!ret)