1 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/phy.h b/include/linux/phy.h
index ef20aeea10cc..127fcc9c3778 100644
--- a/include/linux/phy.h
+++ b/include/linux/phy.h
@@ -674,26 +674,13 @@ phy_lookup_setting(int speed, int duplex, const unsigned long *mask,
 size_t phy_speeds(unsigned int *speeds, size_t size,
                   unsigned long *mask);
 
-static inline bool __phy_is_started(struct phy_device *phydev)
-{
-        WARN_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&phydev->lock));
-
-        return phydev->state >= PHY_UP;
-}
-
 /**
  * phy_is_started - Convenience function to check whether PHY is started
  * @phydev: The phy_device struct
  */
 static inline bool phy_is_started(struct phy_device *phydev)
 {
-        bool started;
-
-        mutex_lock(&phydev->lock);
-        started = __phy_is_started(phydev);
-        mutex_unlock(&phydev->lock);
-
-        return started;
+        return phydev->state >= PHY_UP;
 }
 
 void phy_resolve_aneg_linkmode(struct phy_device *phydev);