diff --git a/syscall/msg.c b/syscall/msg.c
index 94fcd1f..7070c8a 100644
--- a/syscall/msg.c
+++ b/syscall/msg.c
@@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ kern_status_t sys_msg_read(
 	}
 
 	channel_lock_irqsave(channel, &flags);
-	vm_region_lock(self->t_address_space);
 	status = channel_read_msg(
 		channel,
 		id,
@@ -426,7 +425,6 @@ kern_status_t sys_msg_read(
 		iov,
 		iov_count,
 		nr_read);
-	vm_region_unlock(self->t_address_space);
 	channel_unlock_irqrestore(channel, flags);
 	object_unref(channel_obj);