diff --git a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_proc.c b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_proc.c
index 81f805cc5ee7..89d56c8ecdd2 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/net/qeth_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/net/qeth_proc.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ qeth_procfile_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *offset)
 	struct device *dev = NULL;
 	loff_t nr = 0;
 
-	down_read(&qeth_ccwgroup_driver.driver.bus->subsys.rwsem);
 	if (*offset == 0)
 		return SEQ_START_TOKEN;
 	while (1) {
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ qeth_procfile_seq_start(struct seq_file *s, loff_t *offset)
 static void
 qeth_procfile_seq_stop(struct seq_file *s, void* it)
 {
-	up_read(&qeth_ccwgroup_driver.driver.bus->subsys.rwsem);
 }
 
 static void *