diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
index 94837d236ab0e9a2fc3baa5d8fe7688a1b399afc..2671b9deb103735ff203999286a8cfbdde434f12 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cttimeout.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static void ctnl_untimeout(struct net *net, struct ctnl_timeout *timeout)
 			hlist_nulls_for_each_entry(h, nn, &net->ct.hash[i], hnnode)
 				untimeout(h, timeout);
 		}
-		nf_conntrack_lock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i % CONNTRACK_LOCKS]);
+		spin_unlock(&nf_conntrack_locks[i % CONNTRACK_LOCKS]);
 	}
 	local_bh_enable();
 }