1 files changed, 4 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/sys/kern/sys_generic.c b/sys/kern/sys_generic.c
index e3393f3b3dfd..eec9c764cd0b 100644
--- a/sys/kern/sys_generic.c
+++ b/sys/kern/sys_generic.c
@@ -468,25 +468,20 @@ writev(td, uap)
 	struct uio ktruio;
 #endif
 
-	mtx_lock(&Giant);
-	if ((error = fget_write(td, uap->fd, &fp)) != 0) {
-		error = EBADF;
-		goto done2;
-	}
+	if ((error = fget_write(td, uap->fd, &fp)) != 0)
+		return (EBADF);
+	needfree = NULL;
 	/* note: can't use iovlen until iovcnt is validated */
 	iovlen = uap->iovcnt * sizeof (struct iovec);
 	if (uap->iovcnt > UIO_SMALLIOV) {
 		if (uap->iovcnt > UIO_MAXIOV) {
-			needfree = NULL;
 			error = EINVAL;
 			goto done;
 		}
 		MALLOC(iov, struct iovec *, iovlen, M_IOV, M_WAITOK);
 		needfree = iov;
-	} else {
+	} else
 		iov = aiov;
-		needfree = NULL;
-	}
 	auio.uio_iov = iov;
 	auio.uio_iovcnt = uap->iovcnt;
 	auio.uio_rw = UIO_WRITE;
@@ -543,8 +538,6 @@ done:
 	fdrop(fp, td);
 	if (needfree)
 		FREE(needfree, M_IOV);
-done2:
-	mtx_unlock(&Giant);
 	return (error);
 }