1 files changed, 0 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
index 66da91bb1388..68c99b4c5255 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
@@ -276,21 +276,15 @@ static int fixed_mdio_register_device(int number, int speed, int duplex)
            artificially, we are binding the driver here by hand;
            it will be the same for all the fixed phys anyway.
          */
-        down_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
         phydev->dev.driver = &fixed_mdio_driver.driver;
 
         err = phydev->dev.driver->probe(&phydev->dev);
         if(err < 0) {
                 printk(KERN_ERR "Phy %s: problems with fixed driver\n",phydev->dev.bus_id);
-                up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
                 goto probe_fail;
         }
 
         err = device_bind_driver(&phydev->dev);
-
-        up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
         if (err)
                 goto probe_fail;