diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index cb01ea81724d..d0bcf744c553 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -705,8 +705,6 @@ int init_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb)
 	int blocksize;
 	int err;
 
-	down_write(&nilfs->ns_sem);
-
 	blocksize = sb_min_blocksize(sb, NILFS_MIN_BLOCK_SIZE);
 	if (!blocksize) {
 		nilfs_err(sb, "unable to set blocksize");
@@ -779,7 +777,6 @@ int init_nilfs(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, struct super_block *sb)
 	set_nilfs_init(nilfs);
 	err = 0;
  out:
-	up_write(&nilfs->ns_sem);
 	return err;
 
  failed_sbh: