diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 006700fbb652..7021aa85afd1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
VERSION = 5
PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 195
+SUBLEVEL = 196
EXTRAVERSION =
NAME = Dare mighty things
diff --git a/fs/configfs/dir.c b/fs/configfs/dir.c
index 0b7e9ab517d5..12388ed4faa5 100644
--- a/fs/configfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/configfs/dir.c
@@ -479,7 +479,6 @@ static struct dentry * configfs_lookup(struct inode *dir,
if (!configfs_dirent_is_ready(parent_sd))
goto out;
- spin_lock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
list_for_each_entry(sd, &parent_sd->s_children, s_sibling) {
if (sd->s_type & CONFIGFS_NOT_PINNED) {
const unsigned char * name = configfs_get_name(sd);
@@ -492,7 +491,6 @@ static struct dentry * configfs_lookup(struct inode *dir,
break;
}
}
- spin_unlock(&configfs_dirent_lock);
if (!found) {
/*
