diff --git a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
index e0be6604c1ec4eb7fa026aab1602b139d1c859fd..4cc91730f34eb5e4e5c6151317dbaf13901626ba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/ipack/devices/ipoctal.c
@@ -493,9 +493,11 @@ static inline int ipoctal_copy_write_buffer(struct ipoctal_channel *channel,
 	return i;
 }
 
-static int ipoctal_write(struct ipoctal_channel *channel,
-			 const unsigned char *buf, int count)
+static int ipoctal_write_tty(struct tty_struct *tty,
+			     const unsigned char *buf, int count)
 {
+	struct ipoctal_channel *channel = tty->driver_data;
+
 	channel->nb_bytes = 0;
 	channel->count_wr = 0;
 
@@ -519,14 +521,6 @@ static int ipoctal_write(struct ipoctal_channel *channel,
 	return channel->count_wr;
 }
 
-static int ipoctal_write_tty(struct tty_struct *tty,
-			     const unsigned char *buf, int count)
-{
-	struct ipoctal_channel *channel = tty->driver_data;
-
-	return ipoctal_write(channel, buf, count);
-}
-
 static int ipoctal_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct ipoctal_channel *channel = tty->driver_data;