Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/device.h>
 #include <linux/compat.h>
+#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 struct ipmi_file_private
 {
        if (!priv)
                return -ENOMEM;
 
+       lock_kernel();
        priv->file = file;
 
        rv = ipmi_create_user(if_num,
                              &(priv->user));
        if (rv) {
                kfree(priv);
-               return rv;
+               goto out;
        }
 
        file->private_data = priv;
        priv->default_retries = -1;
        priv->default_retry_time_ms = 0;
 
-       return 0;
+out:
+       unlock_kernel();
+       return rv;
 }
 
 static int ipmi_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)