1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index 061711f47476..1d76d38c4a24 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -504,12 +504,10 @@ static int nfc_genl_rcv_nl_event(struct notifier_block *this,
         dev = nfc_device_iter_next(&iter);
 
         while (dev) {
-                mutex_lock(&dev->genl_data.genl_data_mutex);
                 if (dev->genl_data.poll_req_pid == n->pid) {
                         nfc_stop_poll(dev);
                         dev->genl_data.poll_req_pid = 0;
                 }
-                mutex_unlock(&dev->genl_data.genl_data_mutex);
                 dev = nfc_device_iter_next(&iter);
         }