diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
index a98dd4f1b0e33126ca04d1a7cecb8ad1e41d8d72..7ab72692d7fda67e82c29ae8c60007ba902a9fdf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_main.c
@@ -979,7 +979,6 @@ static void bond_poll_controller(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 		if (bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &ad_info))
 			return;
 
-	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	bond_for_each_slave_rcu(bond, slave, iter) {
 		ops = slave->dev->netdev_ops;
 		if (!bond_slave_is_up(slave) || !ops->ndo_poll_controller)
@@ -1000,7 +999,6 @@ static void bond_poll_controller(struct net_device *bond_dev)
 		ops->ndo_poll_controller(slave->dev);
 		up(&ni->dev_lock);
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 }
 
 static void bond_netpoll_cleanup(struct net_device *bond_dev)