1 files changed, 0 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d6ec1c85995a..73e0f9740dd1 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1982,8 +1982,6 @@ int nfs_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask, struct nameidata *nd)
         }
 
 force_lookup:
-        lock_kernel();
-
         if (!NFS_PROTO(inode)->access)
                 goto out_notsup;
 
@@ -1993,7 +1991,6 @@ force_lookup:
                 put_rpccred(cred);
         } else
                 res = PTR_ERR(cred);
-        unlock_kernel();
 out:
         dfprintk(VFS, "NFS: permission(%s/%ld), mask=0x%x, res=%d\n",
                 inode->i_sb->s_id, inode->i_ino, mask, res);
@@ -2002,7 +1999,6 @@ out_notsup:
         res = nfs_revalidate_inode(NFS_SERVER(inode), inode);
         if (res == 0)
                 res = generic_permission(inode, mask, NULL);
-        unlock_kernel();
         goto out;
 }