1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 4765a50d7537..cd3fcb85ca7f 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -1086,7 +1086,6 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
                 return NULL;
         }
 
-        mutex_lock(&adap->clist_lock);
         for (i = 0; addr_list[i] != I2C_CLIENT_END; i++) {
                 /* Check address validity */
                 if (addr_list[i] < 0x03 || addr_list[i] > 0x77) {
@@ -1124,7 +1123,6 @@ i2c_new_probed_device(struct i2c_adapter *adap,
                                 break;
                 }
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&adap->clist_lock);
 
         if (addr_list[i] == I2C_CLIENT_END) {
                 dev_dbg(&adap->dev, "Probing failed, no device found\n");