diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 6644bfdea2f8..08511678b782 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -98,13 +98,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_use_file_finish);
 #define F_DENTRY(filp) ((filp)->f_path.dentry)
 
 const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp)
-	__must_hold(&debugfs_srcu)
 {
 	struct debugfs_fsdata *fsd = F_DENTRY(filp)->d_fsdata;
-	/*
-	 * Neither the pointer to the struct file_operations, nor its
-	 * contents ever change -- srcu_dereference() is not needed here.
-	 */
+
 	return fsd->real_fops;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_real_fops);
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 3b914d588148..c5eda259b9d6 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -95,8 +95,7 @@ int debugfs_use_file_start(const struct dentry *dentry, int *srcu_idx)
 
 void debugfs_use_file_finish(int srcu_idx) __releases(&debugfs_srcu);
 
-const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp)
-	__must_hold(&debugfs_srcu);
+const struct file_operations *debugfs_real_fops(const struct file *filp);
 
 int debugfs_file_get(struct dentry *dentry);
 void debugfs_file_put(struct dentry *dentry);