smp_ops->cpu_die(cpu);
 }
 
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock()
-{
-       mutex_lock(&powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
-void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock()
-{
-       mutex_unlock(&powerpc_cpu_hotplug_driver_mutex);
-}
-
 void cpu_die(void)
 {
        if (ppc_md.cpu_die)
 
        unsigned long drc_index;
        int rc;
 
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
        rc = strict_strtoul(buf, 0, &drc_index);
-       if (rc) {
-               rc = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (rc)
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        parent = of_find_node_by_path("/cpus");
-       if (!parent) {
-               rc = -ENODEV;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (!parent)
+               return -ENODEV;
 
        dn = dlpar_configure_connector(drc_index, parent);
-       if (!dn) {
-               rc = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
-       }
+       if (!dn)
+               return -EINVAL;
 
        of_node_put(parent);
 
        rc = dlpar_acquire_drc(drc_index);
        if (rc) {
                dlpar_free_cc_nodes(dn);
-               rc = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        rc = dlpar_attach_node(dn);
        if (rc) {
                dlpar_release_drc(drc_index);
                dlpar_free_cc_nodes(dn);
-               goto out;
+               return rc;
        }
 
        rc = dlpar_online_cpu(dn);
-out:
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
+       if (rc)
+               return rc;
 
-       return rc ? rc : count;
+       return count;
 }
 
 static int dlpar_offline_cpu(struct device_node *dn)
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
        rc = dlpar_offline_cpu(dn);
        if (rc) {
                of_node_put(dn);
-               rc = -EINVAL;
-               goto out;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        rc = dlpar_release_drc(*drc_index);
        if (rc) {
                of_node_put(dn);
-               goto out;
+               return rc;
        }
 
        rc = dlpar_detach_node(dn);
        if (rc) {
                dlpar_acquire_drc(*drc_index);
-               goto out;
+               return rc;
        }
 
        of_node_put(dn);
-out:
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
-       return rc ? rc : count;
+
+       return count;
 }
 
 static int __init pseries_dlpar_init(void)
 
                return -EINVAL;
 
        lock_device_hotplug();
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
 
        switch (action) {
        case 0:
                ret = -EINVAL;
        }
 
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
        unlock_device_hotplug();
 
        return ret;
 
        struct cpu *cpu = container_of(dev, struct cpu, dev);
        int cpuid = dev->id;
        int from_nid, to_nid;
-       int ret = -ENODEV;
-
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
+       int ret;
 
        from_nid = cpu_to_node(cpuid);
        if (from_nid == NUMA_NO_NODE)
-               goto out;
+               return -ENODEV;
 
        ret = cpu_up(cpuid);
        /*
        if (from_nid != to_nid)
                change_cpu_under_node(cpu, from_nid, to_nid);
 
- out:
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
        return ret;
 }
 
 static int cpu_subsys_offline(struct device *dev)
 {
-       int ret;
-
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_lock();
-       ret = cpu_down(dev->id);
-       cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock();
-       return ret;
+       return cpu_down(dev->id);
 }
 
 void unregister_cpu(struct cpu *cpu)
 
 void clear_tasks_mm_cpumask(int cpu);
 int cpu_down(unsigned int cpu);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_PROBE_RELEASE
-extern void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock(void);
-extern void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock(void);
-#else
-static inline void cpu_hotplug_driver_lock(void)
-{
-}
-
-static inline void cpu_hotplug_driver_unlock(void)
-{
-}
-#endif
-
 #else          /* CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU */
 
 static inline void cpu_hotplug_begin(void) {}