1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/android/binderfs.c b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
index ba88be172aee..d537dcdb5d65 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binderfs.c
+++ b/drivers/android/binderfs.c
@@ -400,8 +400,6 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
         if (!device)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        inode_lock(d_inode(root));
-
         /* If we have already created a binder-control node, return. */
         if (info->control_dentry) {
                 ret = 0;
@@ -440,12 +438,10 @@ static int binderfs_binder_ctl_create(struct super_block *sb)
         inode->i_private = device;
         info->control_dentry = dentry;
         d_add(dentry, inode);
-        inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
 
         return 0;
 
 out:
-        inode_unlock(d_inode(root));
         kfree(device);
         iput(inode);