diff --git a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
index 174169b57e..c1ca7fad66 100644
--- a/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
+++ b/legacy/eet/src/lib/eet_lib.c
@@ -1963,6 +1963,8 @@ eet_read_direct(Eet_File   *ef,
              if (tmp[compr_size - 1] != '\0')
                 goto on_error;
 
+	     UNLOCK_FILE(ef);
+
              return eet_read_direct(ef, tmp, size_ret);
           }
 
@@ -1972,6 +1974,8 @@ eet_read_direct(Eet_File   *ef,
         if (data[size - 1] != '\0')
            goto on_error;
 
+	UNLOCK_FILE(ef);
+
         return eet_read_direct(ef, data, size_ret);
      }
    else