diff --git a/components/vfs/vfs_eventfd.c b/components/vfs/vfs_eventfd.c
index 726a0b13a9..e633a7b0b0 100644
--- a/components/vfs/vfs_eventfd.c
+++ b/components/vfs/vfs_eventfd.c
@@ -1,16 +1,8 @@
-// Copyright 2021 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2021-2023 Espressif Systems (Shanghai) CO LTD
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
 
 
 #include "esp_vfs_eventfd.h"
@@ -275,14 +267,14 @@ static ssize_t event_write(int fd, const void *data, size_t size)
             s_events[fd].value += *val;
             ret = size;
             trigger_select_for_event(&s_events[fd]);
-
-            if (s_events[fd].support_isr) {
-                portEXIT_CRITICAL(&s_events[fd].data_spin_lock);
-            }
         } else {
             errno = EBADF;
             ret = -1;
         }
+
+        if (s_events[fd].support_isr) {
+            portEXIT_CRITICAL(&s_events[fd].data_spin_lock);
+        }
         _lock_release_recursive(&s_events[fd].lock);
     }
     return ret;