diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
index ff0476c89438e43185c18be0f314463a3c8d318f..8e96c35307fb8e6f8d2a66677aa82a4afe8bbd20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/igb/igb_main.c
@@ -7579,7 +7579,6 @@ static int igb_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 	if (igb_init_interrupt_scheme(adapter, true)) {
 		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "Unable to allocate memory for queues\n");
-		rtnl_unlock();
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}