diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
index d4160f8..c7537abc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_3ad.c
@@ -2403,14 +2403,6 @@
 	struct ad_info ad_info;
 	int res = 1;
 
-	/* make sure that the slaves list will
-	 * not change during tx
-	 */
-	read_lock(&bond->lock);
-
-	if (!BOND_IS_OK(bond))
-		goto out;
-
 	if (bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &ad_info)) {
 		pr_debug("%s: Error: bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info failed\n",
 			 dev->name);
@@ -2464,7 +2456,7 @@
 		/* no suitable interface, frame not sent */
 		dev_kfree_skb(skb);
 	}
-	read_unlock(&bond->lock);
+
 	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
 }