diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 74134ba2e8d1..ed7242d614fe 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -1561,7 +1561,6 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	inode_lock(inode);
 	ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
 	if (!(inode_state_read_once(inode) & I_DIRTY_ALL))
 		goto out;
@@ -1573,7 +1572,6 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
 		ret = err;
 
 out:
-	inode_unlock(inode);
 	/* check and advance again to catch errors after syncing out buffers */
 	err = file_check_and_advance_wb_err(file);
 	if (ret == 0)