diff --git a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
index 6fc4acc9419..9f608de515b 100644
--- a/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
+++ b/hadoop-common-project/hadoop-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/net/NetworkTopology.java
@@ -295,22 +295,12 @@ public class NetworkTopology {
   
   /** @return the total number of racks */
   public int getNumOfRacks() {
-    netlock.readLock().lock();
-    try {
-      return numOfRacks;
-    } finally {
-      netlock.readLock().unlock();
-    }
+    return numOfRacks;
   }
 
   /** @return the total number of leaf nodes */
   public int getNumOfLeaves() {
-    netlock.readLock().lock();
-    try {
-      return clusterMap.getNumOfLeaves();
-    } finally {
-      netlock.readLock().unlock();
-    }
+    return clusterMap.getNumOfLeaves();
   }
 
   /** Return the distance between two nodes