1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
index 3483ae4d57f5..58b6f77a1b34 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 {
         struct device * dev, *devn;
 
-        down_write(&devices_subsys.rwsem);
         list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(dev, devn, &devices_subsys.kset.list,
                                 kobj.entry) {
                 if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
                         dev->driver->shutdown(dev);
                 }
         }
-        up_write(&devices_subsys.rwsem);
 
         sysdev_shutdown();
 }