diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 433491c2dc8f..eb98f77b38ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -1481,7 +1481,6 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)
 	 * effect of the currently running task from the load
 	 * of the current CPU:
 	 */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (sync) {
 		tg = task_group(current);
 		weight = current->se.load.weight;
@@ -1517,7 +1516,6 @@ static int wake_affine(struct sched_domain *sd, struct task_struct *p, int sync)
 		balanced = this_eff_load <= prev_eff_load;
 	} else
 		balanced = true;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
 	 * If the currently running task will sleep within