1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
index 49b5e1eb3262..340268be00b5 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
@@ -78,13 +78,11 @@ long sys_execve(const char __user *file, const char __user *const __user *argv,
         long error;
         char *filename;
 
-        lock_kernel();
         filename = getname(file);
         error = PTR_ERR(filename);
         if (IS_ERR(filename)) goto out;
         error = execve1(filename, argv, env);
         putname(filename);
  out:
-        unlock_kernel();
         return error;
 }