diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 3a66255f14fc77a7376eedee063452c0b45c06be..32215110d597b8889023d7a2d7408c0ad94bcdf7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ void wilc1000_wlan_deinit(struct net_device *dev)
 			mutex_unlock(&wl->hif_cs);
 		}
 		if (&wl->txq_event)
-			wait_for_completion(&wl->txq_event);
+			complete(&wl->txq_event);
 
 		wlan_deinitialize_threads(dev);
 		deinit_irq(dev);