diff --git a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
index 3483ae4d57f59a09025d8d0c49d2100ea72c81ee..58b6f77a1b340f3bfc70527758c501be18ed6f52 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/shutdown.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 {
 	struct device * dev, *devn;
 
-	down_write(&devices_subsys.rwsem);
 	list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(dev, devn, &devices_subsys.kset.list,
 				kobj.entry) {
 		if (dev->bus && dev->bus->shutdown) {
@@ -47,7 +46,6 @@ void device_shutdown(void)
 			dev->driver->shutdown(dev);
 		}
 	}
-	up_write(&devices_subsys.rwsem);
 
 	sysdev_shutdown();
 }