diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/debug.c b/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
index 51cbf3928361..8ec2d44e4956 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/debug.c
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ static ssize_t bch2_btree_transactions_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct bch_fs *c = i->c;
 	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	u32 seq;
 
 	i->ubuf = buf;
 	i->size	= size;
@@ -589,8 +588,7 @@ restart:
 			continue;
 
 		closure_get(&trans->ref);
-		seq = seqmutex_seq(&c->btree_trans_lock);
-		seqmutex_unlock(&c->btree_trans_lock);
+		u32 seq = seqmutex_unlock(&c->btree_trans_lock);
 
 		ret = flush_buf(i);
 		if (ret) {
@@ -811,7 +809,6 @@ static ssize_t bch2_btree_deadlock_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	struct bch_fs *c = i->c;
 	struct btree_trans *trans;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
-	u32 seq;
 
 	i->ubuf = buf;
 	i->size	= size;
@@ -828,8 +825,7 @@ restart:
 			continue;
 
 		closure_get(&trans->ref);
-		seq = seqmutex_seq(&c->btree_trans_lock);
-		seqmutex_unlock(&c->btree_trans_lock);
+		u32 seq = seqmutex_unlock(&c->btree_trans_lock);
 
 		ret = flush_buf(i);
 		if (ret) {
diff --git a/fs/bcachefs/seqmutex.h b/fs/bcachefs/seqmutex.h
index c1860d8163fb..c4b3d8d3f414 100644
--- a/fs/bcachefs/seqmutex.h
+++ b/fs/bcachefs/seqmutex.h
@@ -19,17 +19,14 @@ static inline bool seqmutex_trylock(struct seqmutex *lock)
 static inline void seqmutex_lock(struct seqmutex *lock)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&lock->lock);
-}
-
-static inline void seqmutex_unlock(struct seqmutex *lock)
-{
 	lock->seq++;
-	mutex_unlock(&lock->lock);
 }
 
-static inline u32 seqmutex_seq(struct seqmutex *lock)
+static inline u32 seqmutex_unlock(struct seqmutex *lock)
 {
-	return lock->seq;
+	u32 seq = lock->seq;
+	mutex_unlock(&lock->lock);
+	return seq;
 }
 
 static inline bool seqmutex_relock(struct seqmutex *lock, u32 seq)