diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
index 370f9b7f051bd673bcc3a94395775866ec4d136f..41ff04ee2554a31fa1a0ffd132f1f9268854cbfb 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_core.c
@@ -1763,7 +1763,6 @@ nf_ct_iterate_destroy(int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data), void *data)
 {
 	struct net *net;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
 	down_read(&net_rwsem);
 	for_each_net(net) {
 		if (atomic_read(&net->ct.count) == 0)
@@ -1772,7 +1771,6 @@ nf_ct_iterate_destroy(int (*iter)(struct nf_conn *i, void *data), void *data)
 		nf_queue_nf_hook_drop(net);
 	}
 	up_read(&net_rwsem);
-	rtnl_unlock();
 
 	/* Need to wait for netns cleanup worker to finish, if its
 	 * running -- it might have deleted a net namespace from