1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 981ff1eef28c..f1395a6fb35f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -325,14 +325,12 @@ static int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
                 const struct net_protocol *ipprot;
                 int protocol = iph->protocol;
 
-                rcu_read_lock();
                 ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet_protos[protocol]);
                 if (ipprot && ipprot->early_demux) {
                         ipprot->early_demux(skb);
                         /* must reload iph, skb->head might have changed */
                         iph = ip_hdr(skb);
                 }
-                rcu_read_unlock();
         }
 
         /*