diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-debug.c b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-debug.c
index 98cf0b2..c168999 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/uhci-debug.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/uhci-debug.c
@@ -495,18 +495,16 @@
 {
 	struct uhci_hcd *uhci = inode->i_private;
 	struct uhci_debug *up;
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 	unsigned long flags;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	up = kmalloc(sizeof(*up), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!up)
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	up->data = kmalloc(MAX_OUTPUT, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!up->data) {
 		kfree(up);
-		goto out;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	up->size = 0;
@@ -517,10 +515,7 @@
 
 	file->private_data = up;
 
-	ret = 0;
-out:
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static loff_t uhci_debug_lseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
@@ -528,9 +523,9 @@
 	struct uhci_debug *up;
 	loff_t new = -1;
 
-	lock_kernel();
 	up = file->private_data;
 
+	/* XXX: atomic 64bit seek access, but that needs to be fixed in the VFS */
 	switch (whence) {
 	case 0:
 		new = off;
@@ -539,11 +534,10 @@
 		new = file->f_pos + off;
 		break;
 	}
-	if (new < 0 || new > up->size) {
-		unlock_kernel();
+
+	if (new < 0 || new > up->size)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-	unlock_kernel();
+
 	return (file->f_pos = new);
 }