diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
index d7020b774039..238d82095ab1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/zcache-main.c
@@ -333,10 +333,12 @@ static void zbud_free_and_delist(struct zbud_hdr *zh)
 	struct zbud_page *zbpg =
 		container_of(zh, struct zbud_page, buddy[budnum]);
 
+	spin_lock(&zbud_budlists_spinlock);
 	spin_lock(&zbpg->lock);
 	if (list_empty(&zbpg->bud_list)) {
 		/* ignore zombie page... see zbud_evict_pages() */
 		spin_unlock(&zbpg->lock);
+		spin_unlock(&zbud_budlists_spinlock);
 		return;
 	}
 	size = zbud_free(zh);
@@ -344,7 +346,6 @@ static void zbud_free_and_delist(struct zbud_hdr *zh)
 	zh_other = &zbpg->buddy[(budnum == 0) ? 1 : 0];
 	if (zh_other->size == 0) { /* was unbuddied: unlist and free */
 		chunks = zbud_size_to_chunks(size) ;
-		spin_lock(&zbud_budlists_spinlock);
 		BUG_ON(list_empty(&zbud_unbuddied[chunks].list));
 		list_del_init(&zbpg->bud_list);
 		zbud_unbuddied[chunks].count--;
@@ -352,7 +353,6 @@ static void zbud_free_and_delist(struct zbud_hdr *zh)
 		zbud_free_raw_page(zbpg);
 	} else { /* was buddied: move remaining buddy to unbuddied list */
 		chunks = zbud_size_to_chunks(zh_other->size) ;
-		spin_lock(&zbud_budlists_spinlock);
 		list_del_init(&zbpg->bud_list);
 		zcache_zbud_buddied_count--;
 		list_add_tail(&zbpg->bud_list, &zbud_unbuddied[chunks].list);