diff --git a/drivers/net/netconsole.c b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
index 15731d1db918c32f6dc341800155340c0e62a7a2..30c0524d701691f76c7fc8be409a4dbc19ade5bb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/netconsole.c
+++ b/drivers/net/netconsole.c
@@ -744,7 +744,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
 
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&target_list_lock, flags);
 	list_for_each_entry(nt, &target_list, list) {
-		netconsole_target_get(nt);
 		if (nt->enabled && netif_running(nt->np.dev)) {
 			/*
 			 * We nest this inside the for-each-target loop above
@@ -760,7 +759,6 @@ static void write_msg(struct console *con, const char *msg, unsigned int len)
 				left -= frag;
 			}
 		}
-		netconsole_target_put(nt);
 	}
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&target_list_lock, flags);
 }