* this from a driver probe() routine after downloading new firmware.
  * For calls that might not occur during probe(), drivers should lock
  * the device using usb_lock_device_for_reset().
- *
- * The interface locks are acquired during the pre_reset stage and released
- * during the post_reset stage.  However if iface is not NULL and is
- * currently being probed, we assume that the caller already owns its
- * lock.
  */
 int usb_reset_composite_device(struct usb_device *udev,
                struct usb_interface *iface)
 {
        int ret;
+       int i;
        struct usb_host_config *config = udev->actconfig;
 
        if (udev->state == USB_STATE_NOTATTACHED ||
                iface = NULL;
 
        if (config) {
-               int i;
-               struct usb_interface *cintf;
-               struct usb_driver *drv;
-
                for (i = 0; i < config->desc.bNumInterfaces; ++i) {
-                       cintf = config->interface[i];
-                       if (cintf != iface)
-                               down(&cintf->dev.sem);
-                       if (device_is_registered(&cintf->dev) &&
-                                       cintf->dev.driver) {
+                       struct usb_interface *cintf = config->interface[i];
+                       struct usb_driver *drv;
+
+                       if (cintf->dev.driver) {
                                drv = to_usb_driver(cintf->dev.driver);
                                if (drv->pre_reset)
                                        (drv->pre_reset)(cintf);
        ret = usb_reset_device(udev);
 
        if (config) {
-               int i;
-               struct usb_interface *cintf;
-               struct usb_driver *drv;
-
                for (i = config->desc.bNumInterfaces - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
-                       cintf = config->interface[i];
-                       if (device_is_registered(&cintf->dev) &&
-                                       cintf->dev.driver) {
+                       struct usb_interface *cintf = config->interface[i];
+                       struct usb_driver *drv;
+
+                       if (cintf->dev.driver) {
                                drv = to_usb_driver(cintf->dev.driver);
                                if (drv->post_reset)
                                        (drv->post_reset)(cintf);
        /* FIXME: Unbind if post_reset returns an error or isn't defined */
                        }
-                       if (cintf != iface)
-                               up(&cintf->dev.sem);
                }
        }