2 files changed, 1 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
index 66da91bb1388..68c99b4c5255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
@@ -276,21 +276,15 @@ static int fixed_mdio_register_device(int number, int speed, int duplex)
            artificially, we are binding the driver here by hand;
            it will be the same for all the fixed phys anyway.
          */
-        down_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
         phydev->dev.driver = &fixed_mdio_driver.driver;
 
         err = phydev->dev.driver->probe(&phydev->dev);
         if(err < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Phy %s: problems with fixed driver\n",phydev->dev.bus_id);
-                up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
                 goto probe_fail;
         }
 
         err = device_bind_driver(&phydev->dev);
-
-        up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
         if (err)
                 goto probe_fail;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 7d5b6d1838c8..8f01952c4850 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -208,16 +208,12 @@ struct phy_device *phy_attach(struct net_device *dev,
          * exist, and we should use the genphy driver. */
         if (NULL == d->driver) {
                 int err;
-                down_write(&d->bus->subsys.rwsem);
                 d->driver = &genphy_driver.driver;
 
                 err = d->driver->probe(d);
-
                 if (err >= 0)
                         err = device_bind_driver(d);
 
-                up_write(&d->bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
                 if (err)
                         return ERR_PTR(err);
         }
@@ -258,11 +254,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
          * was using the generic driver), we unbind the device
          * from the generic driver so that there's a chance a
          * real driver could be loaded */
-        if (phydev->dev.driver == &genphy_driver.driver) {
-                down_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
+        if (phydev->dev.driver == &genphy_driver.driver)
                 device_release_driver(&phydev->dev);
-                up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-        }
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_detach);