1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/libglusterfs/src/dict.c b/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
index 22bf3f99d70..c4f3fb71de3 100644
--- a/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
+++ b/libglusterfs/src/dict.c
@@ -1433,7 +1433,7 @@ fail:
  */
 
 
-static int
+int
 dict_get_with_ref (dict_t *this, char *key, data_t **data)
 {
         data_pair_t * pair = NULL;
@@ -1453,14 +1453,13 @@ dict_get_with_ref (dict_t *this, char *key, data_t **data)
         LOCK (&this->lock);
         {
                 pair = dict_lookup_common (this, key, hash);
-        }
-        UNLOCK (&this->lock);
 
-        if (pair) {
-                ret = 0;
-                *data = data_ref (pair->value);
+                if (pair) {
+                        ret = 0;
+                        *data = data_ref (pair->value);
+                 }
         }
-
+        UNLOCK (&this->lock);
 err:
         return ret;
 }