1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
index 42d94edeee26..af869cf9ae7d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fs_enet/fs_enet-main.c
@@ -946,16 +946,11 @@ static int fs_ioctl(struct net_device *dev, struct ifreq *rq, int cmd)
 {
         struct fs_enet_private *fep = netdev_priv(dev);
         struct mii_ioctl_data *mii = (struct mii_ioctl_data *)&rq->ifr_data;
-        unsigned long flags;
-        int rc;
 
         if (!netif_running(dev))
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        spin_lock_irqsave(&fep->lock, flags);
-        rc = phy_mii_ioctl(fep->phydev, mii, cmd);
-        spin_unlock_irqrestore(&fep->lock, flags);
-        return rc;
+        return phy_mii_ioctl(fep->phydev, mii, cmd);
 }
 
 extern int fs_mii_connect(struct net_device *dev);