diff --git a/kernel/sched/debug.c b/kernel/sched/debug.c
index c7fe1ea0e8ab0a18270726de43342e5539df97f0..ce33780d8f20122ec263021db060cdacbaee7e41 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/debug.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/debug.c
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ print_task(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, struct task_struct *p)
 static void print_rq(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, int rq_cpu)
 {
 	struct task_struct *g, *p;
-	unsigned long flags;
 
 	SEQ_printf(m,
 	"\nrunnable tasks:\n"
@@ -159,14 +158,14 @@ static void print_rq(struct seq_file *m, struct rq *rq, int rq_cpu)
 	"------------------------------------------------------"
 	"----------------------------------------------------\n");
 
-	read_lock_irqsave(&tasklist_lock, flags);
+	rcu_read_lock();
 	for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
 		if (task_cpu(p) != rq_cpu)
 			continue;
 
 		print_task(m, rq, p);
 	}
-	read_unlock_irqrestore(&tasklist_lock, flags);
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 void print_cfs_rq(struct seq_file *m, int cpu, struct cfs_rq *cfs_rq)
@@ -331,9 +330,7 @@ do {									\
 	print_cfs_stats(m, cpu);
 	print_rt_stats(m, cpu);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	print_rq(m, rq, cpu);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sched_debug_lock, flags);
 	SEQ_printf(m, "\n");
 }