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diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index c3b864588a0b..6633b20224d5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -289,18 +289,7 @@ void ext4_superblock_csum_set(struct super_block *sb)
if (!ext4_has_metadata_csum(sb))
return;
- /*
- * Locking the superblock prevents the scenario
- * where:
- * 1) a first thread pauses during checksum calculation.
- * 2) a second thread updates the superblock, recalculates
- * the checksum, and updates s_checksum
- * 3) the first thread resumes and finishes its checksum calculation
- * and updates s_checksum with a potentially stale or torn value.
- */
- lock_buffer(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
es->s_checksum = ext4_superblock_csum(sb, es);
- unlock_buffer(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sbh);
}
ext4_fsblk_t ext4_block_bitmap(struct super_block *sb,