diff --git a/mm/shrinker_debug.c b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
index ee0cddb4530f..e4ce509f619e 100644
--- a/mm/shrinker_debug.c
+++ b/mm/shrinker_debug.c
@@ -51,17 +51,12 @@ static int shrinker_debugfs_count_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg;
 	unsigned long total;
 	bool memcg_aware;
-	int ret, nid;
+	int ret = 0, nid;
 
 	count_per_node = kcalloc(nr_node_ids, sizeof(unsigned long), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!count_per_node)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = down_read_killable(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	if (ret) {
-		kfree(count_per_node);
-		return ret;
-	}
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	memcg_aware = shrinker->flags & SHRINKER_MEMCG_AWARE;
@@ -94,7 +89,6 @@ static int shrinker_debugfs_count_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 	} while ((memcg = mem_cgroup_iter(NULL, memcg, NULL)) != NULL);
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
-	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
 
 	kfree(count_per_node);
 	return ret;
@@ -119,7 +113,6 @@ static ssize_t shrinker_debugfs_scan_write(struct file *file,
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = NULL;
 	int nid;
 	char kbuf[72];
-	ssize_t ret;
 
 	read_len = size < (sizeof(kbuf) - 1) ? size : (sizeof(kbuf) - 1);
 	if (copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, read_len))
@@ -148,12 +141,6 @@ static ssize_t shrinker_debugfs_scan_write(struct file *file,
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ret = down_read_killable(&shrinker_rwsem);
-	if (ret) {
-		mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
-		return ret;
-	}
-
 	sc.nid = nid;
 	sc.memcg = memcg;
 	sc.nr_to_scan = nr_to_scan;
@@ -161,7 +148,6 @@ static ssize_t shrinker_debugfs_scan_write(struct file *file,
 
 	shrinker->scan_objects(shrinker, &sc);
 
-	up_read(&shrinker_rwsem);
 	mem_cgroup_put(memcg);
 
 	return size;