diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl313_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl313_core.c
index 9f5d4d2cb325..084037c89ad3 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/adxl313_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/adxl313_core.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/cleanup.h>
 #include <linux/interrupt.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/overflow.h>
@@ -356,19 +357,15 @@ static int adxl313_read_axis(struct adxl313_data *data,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&data->lock);
+	guard(mutex)(&data->lock);
 
 	ret = regmap_bulk_read(data->regmap,
 			       ADXL313_REG_DATA_AXIS(chan->address),
 			       &data->transf_buf, sizeof(data->transf_buf));
 	if (ret)
-		goto unlock_ret;
+		return ret;
 
-	ret = le16_to_cpu(data->transf_buf);
-
-unlock_ret:
-	mutex_unlock(&data->lock);
-	return ret;
+	return le16_to_cpu(data->transf_buf);
 }
 
 static int adxl313_read_freq_avail(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,