diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index e19de6a80339..2619c767c089 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <linux/fcntl.h>
-#include <linux/smp_lock.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/init.h>
@@ -1891,13 +1890,7 @@ void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	 */
 	clear_thread_flag(TIF_SIGPENDING);
 
-	/*
-	 * lock_kernel() because format_corename() is controlled by sysctl, which
-	 * uses lock_kernel()
-	 */
- 	lock_kernel();
 	ispipe = format_corename(corename, signr);
-	unlock_kernel();
 
  	if (ispipe) {
 		int dump_count;