diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 2744805de1a3..bf3c2a1159e6 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ out:
 
 static int dm_prepare_ioctl(struct mapped_device *md, int *srcu_idx,
 			    struct block_device **bdev)
-	__acquires(md->io_barrier)
 {
 	struct dm_target *tgt;
 	struct dm_table *map;
@@ -529,7 +528,6 @@ retry:
 }
 
 static void dm_unprepare_ioctl(struct mapped_device *md, int srcu_idx)
-	__releases(md->io_barrier)
 {
 	dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
 }