diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
index f51f84232e2fb20891cb4b4c4bfcebbdbf268f6d..714c53ef6c11b19d48304405f363f750b26547d2 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/vsp1/vsp1_video.c
@@ -839,8 +839,6 @@ vsp1_video_streamon(struct file *file, void *fh, enum v4l2_buf_type type)
 	struct vsp1_pipeline *pipe;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&video->lock);
-
 	if (video->queue.owner && video->queue.owner != file->private_data)
 		return -EBUSY;