1 files changed, 0 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index e5f950291928..28a238dab23a 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -534,8 +534,6 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
                         (long long)filp->f_pos);
         nfs_inc_stats(inode, NFSIOS_VFSGETDENTS);
 
-        lock_kernel();
-
         /*
          * filp->f_pos points to the dirent entry number.
          * *desc->dir_cookie has the cookie for the next entry. We have
@@ -593,7 +591,6 @@ static int nfs_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
         }
 out:
         nfs_unblock_sillyrename(dentry);
-        unlock_kernel();
         if (res > 0)
                 res = 0;
         dfprintk(FILE, "NFS: readdir(%s/%s) returns %ld\n",