diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index a28840b..bb63fa1 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -164,7 +164,6 @@
 
 static int get_nr_threads(struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
-	/* Must be called with the rcu_read_lock held */
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int count = 0;
 
@@ -471,14 +470,10 @@
 
 	struct rlimit rlim[RLIM_NLIMITS];
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
-	if (!lock_task_sighand(task,&flags)) {
-		rcu_read_unlock();
+	if (!lock_task_sighand(task, &flags))
 		return 0;
-	}
 	memcpy(rlim, task->signal->rlim, sizeof(struct rlimit) * RLIM_NLIMITS);
 	unlock_task_sighand(task, &flags);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/*
 	 * print the file header
@@ -3088,9 +3083,7 @@
 	generic_fillattr(inode, stat);
 
 	if (p) {
-		rcu_read_lock();
 		stat->nlink += get_nr_threads(p);
-		rcu_read_unlock();
 		put_task_struct(p);
 	}