diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
index e8b67f5e521d..1f2f266f26af 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_gpu_error.c
@@ -1230,10 +1230,7 @@ static void record_request(const struct i915_request *request,
 	erq->start = i915_ggtt_offset(request->ring->vma);
 	erq->head = request->head;
 	erq->tail = request->tail;
-
-	rcu_read_lock();
 	erq->pid = ctx->pid ? pid_nr(ctx->pid) : 0;
-	rcu_read_unlock();
 }
 
 static void engine_record_requests(struct intel_engine_cs *engine,