diff --git a/net/wireless/reg.c b/net/wireless/reg.c
index 949e1fb3bec6..26f11e4746c0 100644
--- a/net/wireless/reg.c
+++ b/net/wireless/reg.c
@@ -2404,11 +2404,8 @@ static bool reg_wdev_chan_valid(struct wiphy *wiphy, struct wireless_dev *wdev)
 		case NL80211_IFTYPE_P2P_GO:
 		case NL80211_IFTYPE_ADHOC:
 		case NL80211_IFTYPE_MESH_POINT:
-			wiphy_lock(wiphy);
 			ret = cfg80211_reg_can_beacon_relax(wiphy, &chandef,
 							    iftype);
-			wiphy_unlock(wiphy);
-
 			if (!ret)
 				return ret;
 			break;