diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index f0df55a52929..d8673ccf90b7 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 #include <linux/random.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Filesystem in Userspace");
@@ -260,9 +259,7 @@ struct inode *fuse_iget(struct super_block *sb, u64 nodeid,
 
 static void fuse_umount_begin(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	lock_kernel();
 	fuse_abort_conn(get_fuse_conn_super(sb));
-	unlock_kernel();
 }
 
 static void fuse_send_destroy(struct fuse_conn *fc)