diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index e0890f53323f..2ce9df5c6885 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ static struct notifier_block g_dev_notifier = {
 	.notifier_call = dev_state_ev_handler
 };
 
-static struct semaphore close_exit_sync;
-
 static int wlan_deinit_locks(struct net_device *dev);
 static void wlan_deinitialize_threads(struct net_device *dev);
 
@@ -1088,7 +1086,6 @@ int wilc_mac_close(struct net_device *ndev)
 		WILC_WFI_deinit_mon_interface();
 	}
 
-	up(&close_exit_sync);
 	vif->mac_opened = 0;
 
 	return 0;
@@ -1232,8 +1229,6 @@ void wilc_netdev_cleanup(struct wilc *wilc)
 	}
 
 	if (wilc && (wilc->vif[0]->ndev || wilc->vif[1]->ndev)) {
-		wilc_lock_timeout(wilc, &close_exit_sync, 5 * 1000);
-
 		for (i = 0; i < NUM_CONCURRENT_IFC; i++)
 			if (wilc->vif[i]->ndev)
 				if (vif[i]->mac_opened)
@@ -1258,8 +1253,6 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 	struct net_device *ndev;
 	struct wilc *wl;
 
-	sema_init(&close_exit_sync, 0);
-
 	wl = kzalloc(sizeof(*wl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!wl)
 		return -ENOMEM;