1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
index 7f3ffd3742d8..29dd87c675dc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_main.c
@@ -1536,9 +1536,7 @@ static int stmmac_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
         if (!priv->phydev)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        spin_lock(&priv->lock);
         ret = phy_mii_ioctl(priv->phydev, rq, cmd);
-        spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
         return ret;
 }