1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
index 7eb6594cc3e5..8a5e6ae2552c 100644
--- a/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
+++ b/drivers/firewire/fw-cdev.c
@@ -739,15 +739,11 @@ static void release_descriptor(struct client *client,
 static int ioctl_add_descriptor(struct client *client, void *buffer)
 {
         struct fw_cdev_add_descriptor *request = buffer;
-        struct fw_card *card = client->device->card;
         struct descriptor_resource *r;
         int ret;
 
         /* Access policy: Allow this ioctl only on local nodes' device files. */
-        spin_lock_irq(&card->lock);
-        ret = client->device->node_id != card->local_node->node_id;
-        spin_unlock_irq(&card->lock);
-        if (ret)
+        if (!client->device->is_local)
                 return -ENOSYS;
 
         if (request->length > 256)