diff --git a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
index 49e8fbdb898388703ac5db7e306e4c5f39d88a19..b3f3e90054f2ab956e8019dd8abe539b85fa0301 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/fsldma.c
@@ -979,15 +979,7 @@ static enum dma_status fsl_tx_status(struct dma_chan *dchan,
 					dma_cookie_t cookie,
 					struct dma_tx_state *txstate)
 {
-	struct fsldma_chan *chan = to_fsl_chan(dchan);
-	enum dma_status ret;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&chan->desc_lock, flags);
-	ret = dma_cookie_status(dchan, cookie, txstate);
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&chan->desc_lock, flags);
-
-	return ret;
+	return dma_cookie_status(dchan, cookie, txstate);
 }
 
 /*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/