1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 67eb93cff699..f87615dea46b 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -774,9 +774,7 @@ long compat_blkdev_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
                 bdi = blk_get_backing_dev_info(bdev);
                 if (bdi == NULL)
                         return -ENOTTY;
-                lock_kernel();
                 bdi->ra_pages = (arg * 512) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
-                unlock_kernel();
                 return 0;
         case BLKGETSIZE:
                 size = bdev->bd_inode->i_size;