diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 6bd14e590e3c..264229680ad7 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1011,9 +1011,7 @@ static int shmem_getattr(const struct path *path, struct kstat *stat,
 		shmem_recalc_inode(inode);
 		spin_unlock_irq(&info->lock);
 	}
-	inode_lock_shared(inode);
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 
 	if (is_huge_enabled(sb_info))
 		stat->blksize = HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;