diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
index a2937e7071cf0c4bc578b6ecdeff2d6561fad5e7..9e125888d39676da9f74240088e83194600297cf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/core/rtw_cmd.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ No irqsave is necessary.
 int rtw_init_cmd_priv(struct cmd_priv *pcmdpriv)
 {
 	init_completion(&pcmdpriv->cmd_queue_comp);
-	sema_init(&(pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_sema), 0);
+	init_completion(&pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_comp);
 
 	_rtw_init_queue(&(pcmdpriv->cmd_queue));
 	return _SUCCESS;
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context)
 	allow_signal(SIGTERM);
 
 	pcmdpriv->cmdthd_running = true;
-	up(&pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_sema);
+	complete(&pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_comp);
 
 	RT_TRACE(_module_rtl871x_cmd_c_, _drv_info_, ("start r871x rtw_cmd_thread !!!!\n"));
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ int rtw_cmd_thread(void *context)
 		rtw_free_cmd_obj(pcmd);
 	}
 
-	up(&pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_sema);
+	complete(&pcmdpriv->terminate_cmdthread_comp);
 
 
 	complete_and_exit(NULL, 0);
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
index 3532dd162fd50f9abdf2cd7f58eec9d73b453195..2b53f58c558800e73ae93b74db9d3cbfeca13fe2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/include/rtw_cmd.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ struct cmd_obj {
 
 struct cmd_priv {
 	struct completion cmd_queue_comp;
-	struct semaphore terminate_cmdthread_sema;
+	struct completion terminate_cmdthread_comp;
 	struct __queue cmd_queue;
 	u8 cmdthd_running;
 	struct adapter *padapter;
diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
index a696d2bef6f036e19fceec580976398d0cc883f0..c494845814cd76df2991b47ca50088039154f38b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8188eu/os_dep/os_intfs.c
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ static int rtw_start_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter)
 		err = PTR_ERR(padapter->cmdThread);
 	else
 		/* wait for cmd_thread to run */
-		_rtw_down_sema(&padapter->cmdpriv.terminate_cmdthread_sema);
+		wait_for_completion_interruptible(&padapter->cmdpriv.terminate_cmdthread_comp);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ void rtw_stop_drv_threads(struct adapter *padapter)
 	/* Below is to terminate rtw_cmd_thread & event_thread... */
 	complete(&padapter->cmdpriv.cmd_queue_comp);
 	if (padapter->cmdThread)
-		_rtw_down_sema(&padapter->cmdpriv.terminate_cmdthread_sema);
+		wait_for_completion_interruptible(&padapter->cmdpriv.terminate_cmdthread_comp);
 
 }