diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 83f3e478c57d..829d0eb0938d 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 554f76962d3a6eb5110415f1591aca83f96a84ae
+refs/heads/master: 063e20eb980f281d8456c3b48f146107f5cb2338
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/usb/core/devio.c b/trunk/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
index 825e0abfed0a..6e731507c0c4 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/usb/core/devio.c
@@ -653,8 +653,6 @@ static int usbdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	const struct cred *cred = current_cred();
 	int ret;
 
-	lock_kernel();
-
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	ps = kmalloc(sizeof(struct dev_state), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ps)
@@ -713,7 +711,6 @@ static int usbdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	usb_unlock_device(dev);
 	snoop(&dev->dev, "opened by process %d: %s\n", task_pid_nr(current),
 			current->comm);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 
  out_unlock_device:
@@ -721,7 +718,6 @@ static int usbdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 	usb_put_dev(dev);
  out_free_ps:
 	kfree(ps);
-	unlock_kernel();
 	return ret;
 }