diff --git a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
index f213ed108361..291dbc5d2a99 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_ioctl.c
@@ -399,8 +399,6 @@ int br_ioctl_stub(struct net *net, struct net_bridge *br, unsigned int cmd,
 {
 	int ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	rtnl_lock();
-
 	switch (cmd) {
 	case SIOCGIFBR:
 	case SIOCSIFBR:
@@ -434,7 +432,5 @@ int br_ioctl_stub(struct net *net, struct net_bridge *br, unsigned int cmd,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	rtnl_unlock();
-
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
index 3730945ee294..17df956df8cb 100644
--- a/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
+++ b/net/core/dev_ioctl.c
@@ -336,7 +336,6 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, void __user *data,
 	int err;
 	struct net_device *dev = __dev_get_by_name(net, ifr->ifr_name);
 	const struct net_device_ops *ops;
-	netdevice_tracker dev_tracker;
 
 	if (!dev)
 		return -ENODEV;
@@ -405,12 +404,7 @@ static int dev_ifsioc(struct net *net, struct ifreq *ifr, void __user *data,
 			return -ENODEV;
 		if (!netif_is_bridge_master(dev))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		netdev_hold(dev, &dev_tracker, GFP_KERNEL);
-		rtnl_unlock();
-		err = br_ioctl_call(net, netdev_priv(dev), cmd, ifr, NULL);
-		netdev_put(dev, &dev_tracker);
-		rtnl_lock();
-		return err;
+		return br_ioctl_call(net, netdev_priv(dev), cmd, ifr, NULL);
 
 	case SIOCDEVPRIVATE ... SIOCDEVPRIVATE + 15:
 		return dev_siocdevprivate(dev, ifr, data, cmd);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 2b0e54b2405c..6b7a9df9a326 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1258,7 +1258,9 @@ static long sock_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 		case SIOCSIFBR:
 		case SIOCBRADDBR:
 		case SIOCBRDELBR:
+			rtnl_lock();
 			err = br_ioctl_call(net, NULL, cmd, NULL, argp);
+			rtnl_unlock();
 			break;
 		case SIOCGIFVLAN:
 		case SIOCSIFVLAN: