1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
index ecff98043589..160ef482712d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/cxgb3/iwch_provider.c
@@ -1102,9 +1102,7 @@ static u64 fw_vers_string_to_u64(struct iwch_dev *iwch_dev)
         char *cp, *next;
         unsigned fw_maj, fw_min, fw_mic;
 
-        rtnl_lock();
         lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-        rtnl_unlock();
 
         next = info.fw_version + 1;
         cp = strsep(&next, ".");
@@ -1192,9 +1190,7 @@ static ssize_t show_fw_ver(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr, ch
         struct net_device *lldev = iwch_dev->rdev.t3cdev_p->lldev;
 
         PDBG("%s dev 0x%p\n", __func__, dev);
-        rtnl_lock();
         lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-        rtnl_unlock();
         return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", info.fw_version);
 }
 
@@ -1207,9 +1203,7 @@ static ssize_t show_hca(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
         struct net_device *lldev = iwch_dev->rdev.t3cdev_p->lldev;
 
         PDBG("%s dev 0x%p\n", __func__, dev);
-        rtnl_lock();
         lldev->ethtool_ops->get_drvinfo(lldev, &info);
-        rtnl_unlock();
         return sprintf(buf, "%s\n", info.driver);
 }