diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
index 177c020bf34a8804ba14f3fb73509bd6c2eeae11..e6826561cf11943143333208a2441e90c2581354 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa/dpaa_eth.c
@@ -2558,13 +2558,9 @@ static u32 dpaa_run_xdp(struct dpaa_priv *priv, struct qm_fd *fd, void *vaddr,
 	u32 xdp_act;
 	int err;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
 	xdp_prog = READ_ONCE(priv->xdp_prog);
-	if (!xdp_prog) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!xdp_prog)
 		return XDP_PASS;
-	}
 
 	xdp_init_buff(&xdp, DPAA_BP_RAW_SIZE - DPAA_TX_PRIV_DATA_SIZE,
 		      &dpaa_fq->xdp_rxq);
@@ -2638,8 +2634,6 @@ static u32 dpaa_run_xdp(struct dpaa_priv *priv, struct qm_fd *fd, void *vaddr,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	return xdp_act;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
index 8433aa730c4219ffeace101f99dd65431a35f491..973352393bd4fee813c8a1b5b27a6afe6bb465d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/dpaa2/dpaa2-eth.c
@@ -352,8 +352,6 @@ static u32 dpaa2_eth_run_xdp(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 	u32 xdp_act = XDP_PASS;
 	int err, offset;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
 	xdp_prog = READ_ONCE(ch->xdp.prog);
 	if (!xdp_prog)
 		goto out;
@@ -414,7 +412,6 @@ static u32 dpaa2_eth_run_xdp(struct dpaa2_eth_priv *priv,
 
 	ch->xdp.res |= xdp_act;
 out:
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return xdp_act;
 }