diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
index d5a8122b60331cc51388d3b62948b04bf35d6336..6ab7e2bdcadd0d9f43c7fcc23a5477857be34a0c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/stmmac_ethtool.c
@@ -406,9 +406,7 @@ stmmac_ethtool_set_link_ksettings(struct net_device *dev,
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	spin_lock(&priv->lock);
 	rc = phy_ethtool_ksettings_set(phy, cmd);
-	spin_unlock(&priv->lock);
 
 	return rc;
 }