diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
index aca9ac8cc376b186e1c2794149e1663ba828271a..a4bee81eb57993a85a482d118831ff63f5404d6d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/channel.c
@@ -889,7 +889,6 @@ void vmbus_onchannel_event(struct vmbus_channel *channel)
 
 	channel->onchannel_callback(channel->channel_callback_context);
 
-	mod_timer(&channel->poll_timer, jiffies + usecs_to_jiffies(100));
 }
 
 /*