diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
index 981ff1eef28cc..f1395a6fb35fc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_input.c
@@ -325,14 +325,12 @@ static int ip_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		const struct net_protocol *ipprot;
 		int protocol = iph->protocol;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet_protos[protocol]);
 		if (ipprot && ipprot->early_demux) {
 			ipprot->early_demux(skb);
 			/* must reload iph, skb->head might have changed */
 			iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 		}
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
index 47975e363fcde..a52d864d562b4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_input.c
@@ -52,11 +52,9 @@ int ip6_rcv_finish(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (sysctl_ip_early_demux && !skb_dst(skb)) {
 		const struct inet6_protocol *ipprot;
 
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		ipprot = rcu_dereference(inet6_protos[ipv6_hdr(skb)->nexthdr]);
 		if (ipprot && ipprot->early_demux)
 			ipprot->early_demux(skb);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 	}
 	if (!skb_dst(skb))
 		ip6_route_input(skb);