diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-shared.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-shared.c
index 087b64c06c9f..de72776fb154 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-shared.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib-shared.c
@@ -605,8 +605,6 @@ void gpio_device_teardown_shared(struct gpio_device *gdev)
 			gpiod_free_commit(&gdev->descs[entry->offset]);
 
 		list_for_each_entry(ref, &entry->refs, list) {
-			guard(mutex)(&ref->lock);
-
 			if (ref->lookup) {
 				gpiod_remove_lookup_table(ref->lookup);
 				kfree(ref->lookup->table[0].key);