1 files changed, 1 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c
index f389f60cb105..855505d480d2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_MASQUERADE.c
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Netfilter Core Team <coreteam@netfilter.org>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Xtables: automatic-address SNAT");
 
-/* Lock protects masq region inside conntrack */
-static DEFINE_RWLOCK(masq_lock);
-
 /* FIXME: Multiple targets. --RR */
 static bool masquerade_tg_check(const struct xt_tgchk_param *par)
 {
@@ -79,9 +76,7 @@ masquerade_tg(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct xt_target_param *par)
                 return NF_DROP;
         }
 
-        write_lock_bh(&masq_lock);
         nat->masq_index = par->out->ifindex;
-        write_unlock_bh(&masq_lock);
 
         /* Transfer from original range. */
         newrange = ((struct nf_nat_range)
@@ -97,16 +92,11 @@ static int
 device_cmp(struct nf_conn *i, void *ifindex)
 {
         const struct nf_conn_nat *nat = nfct_nat(i);
-        int ret;
 
         if (!nat)
                 return 0;
 
-        read_lock_bh(&masq_lock);
-        ret = (nat->masq_index == (int)(long)ifindex);
-        read_unlock_bh(&masq_lock);
-
-        return ret;
+        return nat->masq_index == (int)(long)ifindex;
 }
 
 static int masq_device_event(struct notifier_block *this,