1 files changed, 2 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 1c0f62d0f938..815902c2c856 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -1113,21 +1113,13 @@ int __cpufreq_driver_target(struct cpufreq_policy *policy,
 {
         int retval = -EINVAL;
 
-        /*
-         * If we are already in context of hotplug thread, we dont need to
-         * acquire the hotplug lock. Otherwise acquire cpucontrol to prevent
-         * hotplug from removing this cpu that we are working on.
-         */
-        if (!current_in_cpu_hotplug())
-                lock_cpu_hotplug();
-
+        lock_cpu_hotplug();
         dprintk("target for CPU %u: %u kHz, relation %u\n", policy->cpu,
                 target_freq, relation);
         if (cpu_online(policy->cpu) && cpufreq_driver->target)
                 retval = cpufreq_driver->target(policy, target_freq, relation);
 
-        if (!current_in_cpu_hotplug())
-                unlock_cpu_hotplug();
+        unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 
         return retval;
 }