diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index bfd776509a72..330a7d782591 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #include <linux/fdtable.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/dnotify.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/security.h>
@@ -227,7 +226,6 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 	if (error)
 		return error;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	if ((arg ^ filp->f_flags) & FASYNC) {
 		if (filp->f_op && filp->f_op->fasync) {
 			error = filp->f_op->fasync(fd, filp, (arg & FASYNC) != 0);
@@ -238,7 +236,6 @@ static int setfl(int fd, struct file * filp, unsigned long arg)
 
 	filp->f_flags = (arg & SETFL_MASK) | (filp->f_flags & ~SETFL_MASK);
  out:
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return error;
 }