diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
index 902ee6efd09c..84fc60318f79 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/coresight/coresight.c
@@ -716,12 +716,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_register);
 
 void coresight_unregister(struct coresight_device *csdev)
 {
-	mutex_lock(&coresight_mutex);
-
 	kfree(csdev->conns);
 	device_unregister(&csdev->dev);
-
-	mutex_unlock(&coresight_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(coresight_unregister);