diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index 82f404d3eba2d59349142fdcc1e1a4c24e9410f4..82fb8db7f92e387b9ba9301030123d002cba08d5 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -867,9 +867,7 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
 
 	if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY
-		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = rfcomm_dev_ioctl(sk, cmd, (void __user *) arg);
-		release_sock(sk);
 #else
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #endif