static long dv1394_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-       struct video_card *video;
+       struct video_card *video = file_to_video_card(file);
        unsigned long flags;
        int ret = -EINVAL;
        void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 
        DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 
-       lock_kernel();
-       video = file_to_video_card(file);
-
        /* serialize this to prevent multi-threaded mayhem */
        if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
-               if (!mutex_trylock(&video->mtx)) {
-                       unlock_kernel();
+               if (!mutex_trylock(&video->mtx))
                        return -EAGAIN;
-               }
        } else {
-               if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&video->mtx)) {
-                       unlock_kernel();
+               if (mutex_lock_interruptible(&video->mtx))
                        return -ERESTARTSYS;
-               }
        }
 
        switch(cmd)
 
  out:
        mutex_unlock(&video->mtx);
-       unlock_kernel();
        return ret;
 }