diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
index b041b7676c08..23f73577facf 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_guc_submit.c
@@ -1317,6 +1317,7 @@ static int guc_exec_queue_init(struct xe_exec_queue *q)
 	return 0;
 
 err_entity:
+	mutex_unlock(&guc->submission_state.lock);
 	xe_sched_entity_fini(&ge->entity);
 err_sched:
 	xe_sched_fini(&ge->sched);