diff --git a/kernel/events/core.c b/kernel/events/core.c
index dcb093e7b377..dfb1d951789e 100644
--- a/kernel/events/core.c
+++ b/kernel/events/core.c
@@ -9431,9 +9431,7 @@ static void free_pmu_context(struct pmu *pmu)
 	if (pmu->task_ctx_nr > perf_invalid_context)
 		return;
 
-	mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
 	free_percpu(pmu->pmu_cpu_context);
-	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -9689,12 +9687,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_pmu_register);
 
 void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 {
-	int remove_device;
-
 	mutex_lock(&pmus_lock);
-	remove_device = pmu_bus_running;
 	list_del_rcu(&pmu->entry);
-	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * We dereference the pmu list under both SRCU and regular RCU, so
@@ -9706,13 +9700,14 @@ void perf_pmu_unregister(struct pmu *pmu)
 	free_percpu(pmu->pmu_disable_count);
 	if (pmu->type >= PERF_TYPE_MAX)
 		idr_remove(&pmu_idr, pmu->type);
-	if (remove_device) {
+	if (pmu_bus_running) {
 		if (pmu->nr_addr_filters)
 			device_remove_file(pmu->dev, &dev_attr_nr_addr_filters);
 		device_del(pmu->dev);
 		put_device(pmu->dev);
 	}
 	free_pmu_context(pmu);
+	mutex_unlock(&pmus_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(perf_pmu_unregister);