diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index f57117d9f0ee8beca3f7ad3b6e65dbe22eef90f4..e45503d62fed5186b550614f86416e7cb718204c 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2080,11 +2080,9 @@ int finish_automount(struct vfsmount *m, struct path *path)
 void mnt_set_expiry(struct vfsmount *mnt, struct list_head *expiry_list)
 {
 	namespace_lock();
-	br_write_lock(&vfsmount_lock);
 
 	list_add_tail(&real_mount(mnt)->mnt_expire, expiry_list);
 
-	br_write_unlock(&vfsmount_lock);
 	namespace_unlock();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mnt_set_expiry);