diff --git a/net/sched/act_bpf.c b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
index e48e980c3b93..e409a0005717 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_bpf.c
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ static int tcf_bpf_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *act,
 	tcf_lastuse_update(&prog->tcf_tm);
 	bstats_cpu_update(this_cpu_ptr(prog->common.cpu_bstats), skb);
 
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	filter = rcu_dereference(prog->filter);
 	if (at_ingress) {
 		__skb_push(skb, skb->mac_len);
@@ -56,7 +55,6 @@ static int tcf_bpf_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *act,
 	}
 	if (skb_sk_is_prefetched(skb) && filter_res != TC_ACT_OK)
 		skb_orphan(skb);
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	/* A BPF program may overwrite the default action opcode.
 	 * Similarly as in cls_bpf, if filter_res == -1 we use the
diff --git a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
index 6e3e63db0e01..fa739efa59f4 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_bpf.c
@@ -85,8 +85,6 @@ static int cls_bpf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
 	struct cls_bpf_prog *prog;
 	int ret = -1;
 
-	/* Needed here for accessing maps. */
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(prog, &head->plist, link) {
 		int filter_res;
 
@@ -131,7 +129,6 @@ static int cls_bpf_classify(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tcf_proto *tp,
 
 		break;
 	}
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	return ret;
 }