diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
index 904255938216520e1e5661cb21e1765796efbb71..21d0fd19276dffef3a87e888cd213aca9a688469 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/process.c
@@ -255,15 +255,12 @@ asmlinkage int sys_execve(char __user *name, char __user * __user *argv, char __
 	int error;
 	char * filename;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	filename = getname(name);
 	error = PTR_ERR(filename);
 	if (IS_ERR(filename))
-		goto out;
+		return error;
 	error = do_execve(filename, argv, envp, __frame);
 	putname(filename);
- out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }