diff --git a/kernel/resource.c b/kernel/resource.c
index da14b8d092961..60c5a3856ab7a 100644
--- a/kernel/resource.c
+++ b/kernel/resource.c
@@ -351,15 +351,12 @@ static int find_next_iomem_res(struct resource *res, char *name,
 	end = res->end;
 	BUG_ON(start >= end);
 
-	read_lock(&resource_lock);
-
-	if (first_level_children_only) {
-		p = iomem_resource.child;
+	if (first_level_children_only)
 		sibling_only = true;
-	} else
-		p = &iomem_resource;
 
-	while ((p = next_resource(p, sibling_only))) {
+	read_lock(&resource_lock);
+
+	for (p = iomem_resource.child; p; p = next_resource(p, sibling_only)) {
 		if (p->flags != res->flags)
 			continue;
 		if (name && strcmp(p->name, name))