1 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
index e6e9f90a8cd7..a69929e8bfdb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
+++ b/arch/x86/vdso/vclock_gettime.c
@@ -180,12 +180,8 @@ notrace time_t __vdso_time(time_t *t)
         if (unlikely(!VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).sysctl_enabled))
                 return time_syscall(t);
 
-        do {
-                seq = read_seqbegin(&VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).lock);
-
-                result = VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).wall_time_sec;
-
-        } while (read_seqretry(&VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).lock, seq));
+        /* This is atomic on x86_64 so we don't need any locks. */
+        result = ACCESS_ONCE(VVAR(vsyscall_gtod_data).wall_time_sec);
 
         if (t)
                 *t = result;