diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index affa64437302..cda4e86428c8 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ static int shrinker_debugfs_count_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	if (!count_per_node)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-
 	memcg_aware = shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
 
 	memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, NULL, NULL);
@@ -88,8 +86,6 @@ static int shrinker_debugfs_count_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		}
 	} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)) != NULL);
 
-	rcu_read_unlock();
-
 	kfree(count_per_node);
 	return ret;
 }