diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index 681a759..a786b6a 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -2768,7 +2768,7 @@
 	char buf[64];
 	char *cmp;
 	int neg = 0;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	int i;
 
 	if (cnt >= sizeof(buf))
@@ -2785,6 +2785,8 @@
 		cmp += 2;
 	}
 
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+
 	for (i = 0; trace_options[i]; i++) {
 		if (strcmp(cmp, trace_options[i]) == 0) {
 			set_tracer_flags(1 << i, !neg);
@@ -2793,13 +2795,13 @@
 	}
 
 	/* If no option could be set, test the specific tracer options */
-	if (!trace_options[i]) {
-		mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
+	if (!trace_options[i])
 		ret = set_tracer_option(current_trace, cmp, neg);
-		mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
+
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
+
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	*ppos += cnt;
 
@@ -4486,7 +4488,10 @@
 
 	if (val != 0 && val != 1)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	mutex_lock(&trace_types_lock);
 	set_tracer_flags(1 << index, val);
+	mutex_unlock(&trace_types_lock);
 
 	*ppos += cnt;