diff --git a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
index d1ce4deae499..55cbad38ec89 100644
--- a/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
+++ b/drivers/cxl/core/region.c
@@ -485,22 +485,14 @@ static ssize_t interleave_ways_show(struct device *dev,
 
 static const struct attribute_group *get_cxl_region_target_group(void);
 
-static ssize_t interleave_ways_store(struct device *dev,
-				     struct device_attribute *attr,
-				     const char *buf, size_t len)
+static int set_interleave_ways(struct cxl_region *cxlr, int val)
 {
-	struct cxl_region *cxlr = to_cxl_region(dev);
 	struct cxl_root_decoder *cxlrd = cxlr->cxlrd;
 	struct cxl_decoder *cxld = &cxlrd->cxlsd.cxld;
 	struct cxl_region_params *p = &cxlr->params;
-	unsigned int val, save;
-	int rc;
+	int save, rc;
 	u8 iw;
 
-	rc = kstrtouint(buf, 0, &val);
-	if (rc)
-		return rc;
-
 	rc = ways_to_eiw(val, &iw);
 	if (rc)
 		return rc;
@@ -515,9 +507,7 @@ static ssize_t interleave_ways_store(struct device *dev,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ACQUIRE(rwsem_write_kill, rwsem)(&cxl_rwsem.region);
-	if ((rc = ACQUIRE_ERR(rwsem_write_kill, &rwsem)))
-		return rc;
+	lockdep_assert_held_write(&cxl_rwsem.region);
 
 	if (p->state >= CXL_CONFIG_INTERLEAVE_ACTIVE)
 		return -EBUSY;
@@ -525,10 +515,31 @@ static ssize_t interleave_ways_store(struct device *dev,
 	save = p->interleave_ways;
 	p->interleave_ways = val;
 	rc = sysfs_update_group(&cxlr->dev.kobj, get_cxl_region_target_group());
-	if (rc) {
+	if (rc)
 		p->interleave_ways = save;
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+static ssize_t interleave_ways_store(struct device *dev,
+				     struct device_attribute *attr,
+				     const char *buf, size_t len)
+{
+	struct cxl_region *cxlr = to_cxl_region(dev);
+	int val;
+	int rc;
+
+	rc = kstrtoint(buf, 0, &val);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
+
+	ACQUIRE(rwsem_write_kill, rwsem)(&cxl_rwsem.region);
+	if ((rc = ACQUIRE_ERR(rwsem_write_kill, &rwsem)))
+		return rc;
+
+	rc = set_interleave_ways(cxlr, val);
+	if (rc)
 		return rc;
-	}
 
 	return len;
 }