diff --git a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
index f8e43a6faea9..cdcc64ea2554 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/hvc/hvc_console.c
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ static LIST_HEAD(hvc_structs);
  */
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(hvc_structs_mutex);
 
-/* Mutex to serialize hvc_open */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(hvc_open_mutex);
 /*
  * This value is used to assign a tty->index value to a hvc_struct based
  * upon order of exposure via hvc_probe(), when we can not match it to
@@ -348,24 +346,16 @@ static int hvc_install(struct tty_driver *driver, struct tty_struct *tty)
  */
 static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
 {
-	struct hvc_struct *hp;
+	struct hvc_struct *hp = tty->driver_data;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	int rc = 0;
 
-	mutex_lock(&hvc_open_mutex);
-
-	hp = tty->driver_data;
-	if (!hp) {
-		rc = -EIO;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&hp->port.lock, flags);
 	/* Check and then increment for fast path open. */
 	if (hp->port.count++ > 0) {
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->port.lock, flags);
 		hvc_kick();
-		goto out;
+		return 0;
 	} /* else count == 0 */
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&hp->port.lock, flags);
 
@@ -393,8 +383,6 @@ static int hvc_open(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
 	/* Force wakeup of the polling thread */
 	hvc_kick();
 
-out:
-	mutex_unlock(&hvc_open_mutex);
 	return rc;
 }