diff --git a/drivers/char/tty_io.c b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
index c927f42c8e4d95f2377c6db3dee57b4d1fe9b7d4..b62bb67c34149d3571c33deaab559098269cf63f 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tty_io.c
@@ -3721,7 +3721,6 @@ static void initialize_tty_struct(struct tty_struct *tty)
 	tty->buf.head = tty->buf.tail = NULL;
 	tty_buffer_init(tty);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&tty->buf.work, flush_to_ldisc);
-	init_MUTEX(&tty->buf.pty_sem);
 	mutex_init(&tty->termios_mutex);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tty->write_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&tty->read_wait);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 402de892b3edcdd0ae3bbf16892100e5c5570915..5824a9777ad7d39cc13a67910936cafbb2cce178 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ struct tty_buffer {
 
 struct tty_bufhead {
 	struct delayed_work work;
-	struct semaphore pty_sem;
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	struct tty_buffer *head;	/* Queue head */
 	struct tty_buffer *tail;	/* Active buffer */