diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 46ebee9400dab..a77c75f6dfb96 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -739,9 +739,7 @@ ip_set_test(ip_set_id_t index, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	    !(opt->family == set->family || set->family == NFPROTO_UNSPEC))
 		return 0;
 
-	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	ret = set->variant->kadt(set, skb, par, IPSET_TEST, opt);
-	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN) {
 		/* Type requests element to be completed */