diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index f9916f312bd8..3422a2db2ba4 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -67,15 +67,12 @@ static void jffs2_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(sb);
 
-	lock_super(sb);
 	sb->s_dirt = 0;
 
 	if (!(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
 		jffs2_dbg(1, "%s()\n", __func__);
 		jffs2_flush_wbuf_gc(c, 0);
 	}
-
-	unlock_super(sb);
 }
 
 static const char *jffs2_compr_name(unsigned int compr)