diff --git a/fs/exofs/super.c b/fs/exofs/super.c
index 59e3bbfac0b17af51d9101b0d35dc6414ad53187..5e59280d42d779fb13fe9171d22d24ea4fc81095 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/super.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/super.c
@@ -389,8 +389,6 @@ static int exofs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		goto out;
 
-	lock_super(sb);
-
 	ios->length = offsetof(struct exofs_fscb, s_dev_table_oid);
 	memset(fscb, 0, ios->length);
 	fscb->s_nextid = cpu_to_le64(sbi->s_nextid);
@@ -406,8 +404,6 @@ static int exofs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		EXOFS_ERR("%s: ore_write failed.\n", __func__);
 
-
-	unlock_super(sb);
 out:
 	EXOFS_DBGMSG("s_nextid=0x%llx ret=%d\n", _LLU(sbi->s_nextid), ret);
 	ore_put_io_state(ios);