--- a/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/ashmem.c
@@ -331,8 +331,6 @@ static loff_t ashmem_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	struct ashmem_area *asma = file->private_data;
 	int ret;
 
-	mutex_lock(&ashmem_mutex);
-
 	if (asma->size == 0) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -351,7 +349,6 @@ static loff_t ashmem_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 	file->f_pos = asma->file->f_pos;
 
 out:
-	mutex_unlock(&ashmem_mutex);
 	return ret;
 }