diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
index 66da91bb1388945bac1d2c0c259bf3616a6b1e4d..68c99b4c5255531d11d952fd251e14adc8cf0f55 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/fixed.c
@@ -276,21 +276,15 @@ static int fixed_mdio_register_device(int number, int speed, int duplex)
 	   artificially, we are binding the driver here by hand;
 	   it will be the same for all the fixed phys anyway.
 	 */
-	down_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
 	phydev->dev.driver = &fixed_mdio_driver.driver;
 
 	err = phydev->dev.driver->probe(&phydev->dev);
 	if(err < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "Phy %s: problems with fixed driver\n",phydev->dev.bus_id);
-		up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
 		goto probe_fail;
 	}
 
 	err = device_bind_driver(&phydev->dev);
-
-	up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
 	if (err)
 		goto probe_fail;
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
index 7d5b6d1838c8ddc56563ec0aba05aed388778e0e..8f01952c48500457315624a2b6f962a8043ab838 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/phy_device.c
@@ -208,16 +208,12 @@ struct phy_device *phy_attach(struct net_device *dev,
 	 * exist, and we should use the genphy driver. */
 	if (NULL == d->driver) {
 		int err;
-		down_write(&d->bus->subsys.rwsem);
 		d->driver = &genphy_driver.driver;
 
 		err = d->driver->probe(d);
-
 		if (err >= 0)
 			err = device_bind_driver(d);
 
-		up_write(&d->bus->subsys.rwsem);
-
 		if (err)
 			return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
@@ -258,11 +254,8 @@ void phy_detach(struct phy_device *phydev)
 	 * was using the generic driver), we unbind the device
 	 * from the generic driver so that there's a chance a
 	 * real driver could be loaded */
-	if (phydev->dev.driver == &genphy_driver.driver) {
-		down_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
+	if (phydev->dev.driver == &genphy_driver.driver)
 		device_release_driver(&phydev->dev);
-		up_write(&phydev->dev.bus->subsys.rwsem);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(phy_detach);