1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
index 4c6e0c15754d..04de767a8db2 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ioctl.c
@@ -444,12 +444,10 @@ static noinline int btrfs_ioctl_snap_create(struct btrfs_root *root,
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        mutex_lock(&root->fs_info->drop_mutex);
         if (root == root->fs_info->tree_root)
                 ret = create_subvol(root, vol_args->name, namelen);
         else
                 ret = create_snapshot(root, vol_args->name, namelen);
-        mutex_unlock(&root->fs_info->drop_mutex);
 out:
         kfree(vol_args);
         return ret;