diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
index 3b4a079c9617..c8b89b4f94e0 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/the_nilfs.c
@@ -690,9 +690,7 @@ int nilfs_count_free_blocks(struct the_nilfs *nilfs, sector_t *nblocks)
 {
 	unsigned long ncleansegs;
 
-	down_read(&NILFS_MDT(nilfs->ns_dat)->mi_sem);
 	ncleansegs = nilfs_sufile_get_ncleansegs(nilfs->ns_sufile);
-	up_read(&NILFS_MDT(nilfs->ns_dat)->mi_sem);
 	*nblocks = (sector_t)ncleansegs * nilfs->ns_blocks_per_segment;
 	return 0;
 }