1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/3c59x.c b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
index e31a6d1919c6..ed964964fe1f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/3c59x.c
@@ -635,6 +635,9 @@ struct vortex_private {
                 must_free_region:1,                             /* Flag: if zero, Cardbus owns the I/O region */
                 large_frames:1,                 /* accept large frames */
                 handling_irq:1;                 /* private in_irq indicator */
+        /* {get|set}_wol operations are already serialized by rtnl.
+         * no additional locking is required for the enable_wol and acpi_set_WOL()
+         */
         int drv_flags;
         u16 status_enable;
         u16 intr_enable;
@@ -2939,13 +2942,11 @@ static void vortex_get_wol(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
 {
         struct vortex_private *vp = netdev_priv(dev);
 
-        spin_lock_irq(&vp->lock);
         wol->supported = WAKE_MAGIC;
 
         wol->wolopts = 0;
         if (vp->enable_wol)
                 wol->wolopts |= WAKE_MAGIC;
-        spin_unlock_irq(&vp->lock);
 }
 
 static int vortex_set_wol(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
@@ -2954,13 +2955,11 @@ static int vortex_set_wol(struct net_device *dev, struct ethtool_wolinfo *wol)
         if (wol->wolopts & ~WAKE_MAGIC)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        spin_lock_irq(&vp->lock);
         if (wol->wolopts & WAKE_MAGIC)
                 vp->enable_wol = 1;
         else
                 vp->enable_wol = 0;
         acpi_set_WOL(dev);
-        spin_unlock_irq(&vp->lock);
 
         return 0;
 }