diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 0e1fbc53717d..f7c08e169e42 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1086,9 +1086,7 @@ static int shmem_getattr(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
 	stat->attributes_mask |= (STATX_ATTR_APPEND |
 			STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE |
 			STATX_ATTR_NODUMP);
-	inode_lock_shared(inode);
 	generic_fillattr(&init_user_ns, inode, stat);
-	inode_unlock_shared(inode);
 
 	if (shmem_is_huge(NULL, inode, 0, false))
 		stat->blksize = HPAGE_PMD_SIZE;