1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 5e84ade129ca..35facc0c11c2 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ static int br_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
         struct net_device *dev;
         int idx;
 
-        read_lock(&dev_base_lock);
         for (dev = dev_base, idx = 0; dev; dev = dev->next) {
                 /* not a bridge port */
                 if (dev->br_port == NULL || idx < cb->args[0])
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ static int br_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 skip:
                 ++idx;
         }
-        read_unlock(&dev_base_lock);
 
         cb->args[0] = idx;