diff --git a/plugins/loader.c b/plugins/loader.c
index 734c11cae04fe51ec9f0e51b8e6bb71235e0366b..1f06dfa970fdc26c2b18a3d4240346b267c751f7 100644
--- a/plugins/loader.c
+++ b/plugins/loader.c
@@ -374,7 +374,7 @@ static void plugin_reset_destroy(struct qemu_plugin_reset_data *data)
 {
     qemu_rec_mutex_lock(&plugin.lock);
     plugin_reset_destroy__locked(data);
-    qemu_rec_mutex_lock(&plugin.lock);
+    qemu_rec_mutex_unlock(&plugin.lock);
 }
 
 static void plugin_flush_destroy(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data arg)