int state;
        dprintk(1, "s2255: open called (dev=%s)\n",
                video_device_node_name(vdev));
-       lock_kernel();
        for (i = 0; i < MAX_CHANNELS; i++)
                if (&dev->vdev[i] == vdev) {
                        cur_channel = i;
        switch (state) {
        case S2255_FW_DISCONNECTING:
                mutex_unlock(&dev->open_lock);
-               unlock_kernel();
                return -ENODEV;
        case S2255_FW_FAILED:
                s2255_dev_err(&dev->udev->dev,
                break;
        case S2255_FW_FAILED:
                printk(KERN_INFO "2255 firmware load failed.\n");
-               unlock_kernel();
                return -ENODEV;
        case S2255_FW_DISCONNECTING:
                printk(KERN_INFO "%s: disconnecting\n", __func__);
-               unlock_kernel();
                return -ENODEV;
        case S2255_FW_LOADED_DSPWAIT:
        case S2255_FW_NOTLOADED:
                printk(KERN_INFO "%s: firmware not loaded yet"
                       "please try again later\n",
                       __func__);
-               unlock_kernel();
                return -EAGAIN;
        default:
                printk(KERN_INFO "%s: unknown state\n", __func__);
-               unlock_kernel();
                return -EFAULT;
        }
        /* allocate + initialize per filehandle data */
        fh = kzalloc(sizeof(*fh), GFP_KERNEL);
-       if (NULL == fh) {
-               unlock_kernel();
+       if (NULL == fh)
                return -ENOMEM;
-       }
        file->private_data = fh;
        fh->dev = dev;
        fh->type = V4L2_BUF_TYPE_VIDEO_CAPTURE;
                                    fh->type,
                                    V4L2_FIELD_INTERLACED,
                                    sizeof(struct s2255_buffer), fh);
-       unlock_kernel();
        return 0;
 }