1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/nfs/dir.c b/fs/nfs/dir.c
index d40e91e5c94a..5ae8ee6b298f 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/dir.c
@@ -1549,14 +1549,12 @@ nfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry)
                 old_dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, old_dentry->d_name.name,
                 dentry->d_parent->d_name.name, dentry->d_name.name);
 
-        lock_kernel();
         d_drop(dentry);
         error = NFS_PROTO(dir)->link(inode, dir, &dentry->d_name);
         if (error == 0) {
                 atomic_inc(&inode->i_count);
                 d_add(dentry, inode);
         }
-        unlock_kernel();
         return error;
 }