diff --git a/QualcommCameraHardware.cpp b/QualcommCameraHardware.cpp
index a7588a6..1c8575d 100644
--- a/QualcommCameraHardware.cpp
+++ b/QualcommCameraHardware.cpp
@@ -1856,6 +1856,7 @@
 
         // Get the video frame to be encoded
         vframe = cam_frame_get_video ();
+        pthread_mutex_unlock(&(g_busy_frame_queue.mut));
         LOGV("in video_thread : got video frame ");
 
         if(vframe != NULL) {
@@ -1915,7 +1916,6 @@
 
         } else LOGE("in video_thread get frame returned null");
 
-        pthread_mutex_unlock(&(g_busy_frame_queue.mut));
 
     } // end of while loop