diff --git a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c
index f92047d860f0..9c6954aad6c8 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/usbip/stub_dev.c
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ static ssize_t usbip_sockfd_store(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *a
 	} else {
 		dev_info(dev, "stub down\n");
 
+		mutex_lock(&sdev->ud.sysfs_lock);
+
 		spin_lock_irq(&sdev->ud.lock);
 		if (sdev->ud.status != SDEV_ST_USED)
 			goto err;