1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
index 3f9abe0e9aff..f692efddd449 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/kprobes.c
@@ -92,9 +92,7 @@ void __kprobes arch_disarm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 void __kprobes arch_remove_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
         if (p->ainsn.insn) {
-                mutex_lock(&kprobe_mutex);
                 free_insn_slot(p->ainsn.insn, 0);
-                mutex_unlock(&kprobe_mutex);
                 p->ainsn.insn = NULL;
         }
 }