diff --git a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
index e67310a749d2..c52e2f7ff84b 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/rfcomm/sock.c
@@ -872,9 +872,7 @@ static int rfcomm_sock_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned lon
 
 	if (err == -ENOIOCTLCMD) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_BT_RFCOMM_TTY
-		lock_sock(sk);
 		err = rfcomm_dev_ioctl(sk, cmd, (void __user *) arg);
-		release_sock(sk);
 #else
 		err = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 #endif