diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
index 3ec7e65a3ffa..db49af90217e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/davinci_vpfe/vpfe_video.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int vpfe_prepare_pipeline(struct vpfe_video_device *video)
 	mutex_lock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 	ret = media_entity_graph_walk_init(&graph, entity->graph_obj.mdev);
 	if (ret) {
-		mutex_unlock(&video->lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&mdev->graph_mutex);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 	media_entity_graph_walk_start(&graph, entity);