diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/ir-sysfs.c b/drivers/media/IR/ir-sysfs.c
index 4c0bc32dcbafec8ddb8b52bea6397ea5eb71ff64..18cab0f59fdd435f2b1b3094c762ee3ab7f6da2b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/ir-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/ir-sysfs.c
@@ -295,8 +295,6 @@ static int __init ir_core_init(void)
 
 	/* Initialize/load the decoders/keymap code that will be used */
 	ir_raw_init();
-	rc_map_init();
-
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c b/drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c
index 1a3f4b123a37a995e3d99fc2f127597d081d1641..caf6a27b08c2f918f0332be010676c23f2cb5821 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/rc-map.c
@@ -81,8 +81,3 @@ void ir_unregister_map(struct rc_keymap *map)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ir_unregister_map);
 
-void rc_map_init(void)
-{
-	spin_lock_init(&rc_map_lock);
-
-}