diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 13696c99bbb8..c378fd341503 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4344379f63d3bf16d4f2cb3d6b3f3be12704173f
+refs/heads/master: 4b8bf03d7f775271c2016e76011b113bc5f83c14
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c b/trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
index 3e090ecc2eac..fd84f8fd9533 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/staging/nvec/nvec.c
@@ -294,8 +294,10 @@ struct nvec_msg *nvec_write_sync(struct nvec_chip *nvec,
 
 	nvec->sync_write_pending = (data[1] << 8) + data[0];
 
-	if (nvec_write_async(nvec, data, size) < 0)
+	if (nvec_write_async(nvec, data, size) < 0) {
+		mutex_unlock(&nvec->sync_write_mutex);
 		return NULL;
+	}
 
 	dev_dbg(nvec->dev, "nvec_sync_write: 0x%04x\n",
 					nvec->sync_write_pending);