diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 1ef25e6ee1f9..3fcfd4ef11d1 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -204,28 +204,16 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_match_from_root(struct Qdisc *root, u32 handle)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-/*
- * This lock is needed until some qdiscs stop calling qdisc_tree_decrease_qlen()
- * without rtnl_lock(); currently hfsc_dequeue(), netem_dequeue(), tbf_dequeue()
- */
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(qdisc_list_lock);
-
 static void qdisc_list_add(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
-	if ((q->parent != TC_H_ROOT) && !(q->flags & TCQ_F_INGRESS)) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
+	if ((q->parent != TC_H_ROOT) && !(q->flags & TCQ_F_INGRESS))
 		list_add_tail(&q->list, &qdisc_root_sleeping(q)->list);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
-	}
 }
 
 void qdisc_list_del(struct Qdisc *q)
 {
-	if ((q->parent != TC_H_ROOT) && !(q->flags & TCQ_F_INGRESS)) {
-		spin_lock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
+	if ((q->parent != TC_H_ROOT) && !(q->flags & TCQ_F_INGRESS))
 		list_del(&q->list);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
-	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(qdisc_list_del);
 
@@ -234,22 +222,17 @@ struct Qdisc *qdisc_lookup(struct net_device *dev, u32 handle)
 	unsigned int i;
 	struct Qdisc *q;
 
-	spin_lock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < dev->num_tx_queues; i++) {
 		struct netdev_queue *txq = netdev_get_tx_queue(dev, i);
 		struct Qdisc *txq_root = txq->qdisc_sleeping;
 
 		q = qdisc_match_from_root(txq_root, handle);
 		if (q)
-			goto unlock;
+			goto out;
 	}
 
 	q = qdisc_match_from_root(dev->rx_queue.qdisc_sleeping, handle);
-
-unlock:
-	spin_unlock_bh(&qdisc_list_lock);
-
+out:
 	return q;
 }