diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1a216126..4b31d623 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 VERSION = 3
 PATCHLEVEL = 10
-SUBLEVEL = 8
+SUBLEVEL = 9
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = TOSSUG Baby Fish
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index ba6e55d1..1076fe16 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -789,10 +789,6 @@ static int ctrl_dumpfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	int chains_to_skip = cb->args[0];
 	int fams_to_skip = cb->args[1];
-	bool need_locking = chains_to_skip || fams_to_skip;
-
-	if (need_locking)
-		genl_lock();
 
 	for (i = chains_to_skip; i < GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE; i++) {
 		n = 0;
@@ -814,9 +810,6 @@ errout:
 	cb->args[0] = i;
 	cb->args[1] = n;
 
-	if (need_locking)
-		genl_unlock();
-
 	return skb->len;
 }