diff --git a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ex/handle.c b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ex/handle.c
index bfe55ee5264..03221bd0358 100644
--- a/reactos/ntoskrnl/ex/handle.c
+++ b/reactos/ntoskrnl/ex/handle.c
@@ -910,16 +910,14 @@ ExMapHandleToPointer(IN PHANDLE_TABLE HandleTable,
 
   ASSERT(HandleTable);
 
-  ExAcquireHandleTableLockShared(HandleTable);
   HandleTableEntry = ExpLookupHandleTableEntry(HandleTable,
                                                Handle);
   if (HandleTableEntry != NULL && ExLockHandleTableEntry(HandleTable, HandleTableEntry))
   {
     DPRINT("ExMapHandleToPointer HT:0x%p Entry:0x%p locked\n", HandleTable, HandleTableEntry);
-    ExReleaseHandleTableLock(HandleTable);
     return HandleTableEntry;
   }
-  ExReleaseHandleTableLock(HandleTable);
+
   return NULL;
 }
 
@@ -938,14 +936,12 @@ ExChangeHandle(IN PHANDLE_TABLE HandleTable,
   ASSERT(ChangeHandleCallback);
 
   KeEnterCriticalRegion();
-  ExAcquireHandleTableLockShared(HandleTable);
 
   HandleTableEntry = ExpLookupHandleTableEntry(HandleTable,
                                                Handle);
 
   if(HandleTableEntry != NULL && ExLockHandleTableEntry(HandleTable, HandleTableEntry))
   {
-    ExReleaseHandleTableLock(HandleTable);
     Ret = ChangeHandleCallback(HandleTable,
                                HandleTableEntry,
                                NULL);
@@ -953,10 +949,7 @@ ExChangeHandle(IN PHANDLE_TABLE HandleTable,
     ExUnlockHandleTableEntry(HandleTable,
                              HandleTableEntry);
   }
-  else
-  {
-    ExReleaseHandleTableLock(HandleTable);
-  }
+
   KeLeaveCriticalRegion();
 
   return Ret;