diff --git a/net/core/dev.c b/net/core/dev.c
index 5b630cece7074adcee710aefe50238bd90d6619e..f25d7ecaf035df448923e94d72f762f145662d6d 100644
--- a/net/core/dev.c
+++ b/net/core/dev.c
@@ -3419,12 +3419,9 @@ static void net_dma_rebalance(void)
 	unsigned int cpu, i, n;
 	struct dma_chan *chan;
 
-	lock_cpu_hotplug();
-
 	if (net_dma_count == 0) {
 		for_each_online_cpu(cpu)
 			rcu_assign_pointer(per_cpu(softnet_data.net_dma, cpu), NULL);
-		unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -3444,8 +3441,6 @@ static void net_dma_rebalance(void)
 		i++;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-
-	unlock_cpu_hotplug();
 }
 
 /**