diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ecm.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ecm.c
index ffe2486fce71..a7ab30e603e2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ecm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ecm.c
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ ecm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 	struct usb_composite_dev *cdev = c->cdev;
 	struct f_ecm		*ecm = func_to_ecm(f);
 	struct usb_string	*us;
-	int			status;
+	int			status = 0;
 	struct usb_ep		*ep;
 
 	struct f_ecm_opts	*ecm_opts;
@@ -695,23 +695,19 @@ ecm_bind(struct usb_configuration *c, struct usb_function *f)
 
 	ecm_opts = container_of(f->fi, struct f_ecm_opts, func_inst);
 
-	/*
-	 * in drivers/usb/gadget/configfs.c:configfs_composite_bind()
-	 * configurations are bound in sequence with list_for_each_entry,
-	 * in each configuration its functions are bound in sequence
-	 * with list_for_each_entry, so we assume no race condition
-	 * with regard to ecm_opts->bound access
-	 */
+	mutex_lock(&ecm_opts->lock);
+
+	gether_set_gadget(ecm_opts->net, cdev->gadget);
+
 	if (!ecm_opts->bound) {
-		mutex_lock(&ecm_opts->lock);
-		gether_set_gadget(ecm_opts->net, cdev->gadget);
 		status = gether_register_netdev(ecm_opts->net);
-		mutex_unlock(&ecm_opts->lock);
-		if (status)
-			return status;
 		ecm_opts->bound = true;
 	}
 
+	mutex_unlock(&ecm_opts->lock);
+	if (status)
+		return status;
+
 	ecm_string_defs[1].s = ecm->ethaddr;
 
 	us = usb_gstrings_attach(cdev, ecm_strings,