Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/netdev/net

[linux.git] / drivers / net / ethernet / intel / ixgbe / ixgbe_main.c

diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index dc7b128c780e82b2ac26f0f20720c32923915bec..17b7ae9f46ecdc704cde918339536b08c1ba0357 100644 (file)
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -7897,11 +7897,8 @@ static void ixgbe_service_task(struct work_struct *work)
                return;
        }
        if (ixgbe_check_fw_error(adapter)) {
-               if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state)) {
-                       rtnl_lock();
+               if (!test_bit(__IXGBE_DOWN, &adapter->state))
                        unregister_netdev(adapter->netdev);
-                       rtnl_unlock();
-               }
                ixgbe_service_event_complete(adapter);
                return;
        }