1 files changed, 1 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/printk.c b/kernel/printk.c
index 37cde752cb8a..be9a82b2f0b3 100644
--- a/kernel/printk.c
+++ b/kernel/printk.c
@@ -1021,7 +1021,6 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
 {
         bool clear = false;
         static int saved_console_loglevel = -1;
-        static DEFINE_MUTEX(syslog_mutex);
         int error;
 
         error = check_syslog_permissions(type, from_file);
@@ -1048,17 +1047,11 @@ int do_syslog(int type, char __user *buf, int len, bool from_file)
                         error = -EFAULT;
                         goto out;
                 }
-                error = mutex_lock_interruptible(&syslog_mutex);
-                if (error)
-                        goto out;
                 error = wait_event_interruptible(log_wait,
                                                  syslog_seq != log_next_seq);
-                if (error) {
-                        mutex_unlock(&syslog_mutex);
+                if (error)
                         goto out;
-                }
                 error = syslog_print(buf, len);
-                mutex_unlock(&syslog_mutex);
                 break;
         /* Read/clear last kernel messages */
         case SYSLOG_ACTION_READ_CLEAR: