diff --git a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
index ce70b80d4a94..4f203afdd37c 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/lockdep.c
@@ -4119,8 +4119,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_check_no_locks_held);
 void debug_show_all_locks(void)
 {
 	struct task_struct *g, *p;
-	int count = 10;
-	int unlock = 1;
 
 	if (unlikely(!debug_locks)) {
 		printk("INFO: lockdep is turned off.\n");
@@ -4128,30 +4126,8 @@ void debug_show_all_locks(void)
 	}
 	printk("\nShowing all locks held in the system:\n");
 
-	/*
-	 * Here we try to get the tasklist_lock as hard as possible,
-	 * if not successful after 2 seconds we ignore it (but keep
-	 * trying). This is to enable a debug printout even if a
-	 * tasklist_lock-holding task deadlocks or crashes.
-	 */
-retry:
-	if (!read_trylock(&tasklist_lock)) {
-		if (count == 10)
-			printk("hm, tasklist_lock locked, retrying... ");
-		if (count) {
-			count--;
-			printk(" #%d", 10-count);
-			mdelay(200);
-			goto retry;
-		}
-		printk(" ignoring it.\n");
-		unlock = 0;
-	} else {
-		if (count != 10)
-			printk(KERN_CONT " locked it.\n");
-	}
-
-	do_each_thread(g, p) {
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
 		/*
 		 * It's not reliable to print a task's held locks
 		 * if it's not sleeping (or if it's not the current
@@ -4159,19 +4135,16 @@ retry:
 		 */
 		if (p->state == TASK_RUNNING && p != current)
 			continue;
-		if (p->lockdep_depth)
-			lockdep_print_held_locks(p);
-		if (!unlock)
-			if (read_trylock(&tasklist_lock))
-				unlock = 1;
+		if (!p->lockdep_depth)
+			continue;
+		lockdep_print_held_locks(p);
 		touch_nmi_watchdog();
-	} while_each_thread(g, p);
+		touch_all_softlockup_watchdogs();
+	}
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	printk("\n");
 	printk("=============================================\n\n");
-
-	if (unlock)
-		read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debug_show_all_locks);