1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/net/netdma.h b/include/net/netdma.h
index f28c6e064e8f..cbe2737f4a61 100644
--- a/include/net/netdma.h
+++ b/include/net/netdma.h
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 static inline struct dma_chan *get_softnet_dma(void)
 {
         struct dma_chan *chan;
+
         rcu_read_lock();
         chan = rcu_dereference(__get_cpu_var(softnet_data).net_dma);
-        if (chan)
-                dma_chan_get(chan);
         rcu_read_unlock();
+
         return chan;
 }