1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index be6cedab5aa8..dd7e30754cbc 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -4330,7 +4330,6 @@ static struct hlist_head *netdev_create_hash(void)
 static int __net_init netdev_init(struct net *net)
 {
         INIT_LIST_HEAD(&net->dev_base_head);
-        rwlock_init(&dev_base_lock);
 
         net->dev_name_head = netdev_create_hash();
         if (net->dev_name_head == NULL)