diff --git a/drivers/tty/rocket.c b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
index 69c72d1aa62753d80a61714ebe1e91c8385abb97..802eac7e561b85f1aa43601a7a9eb94b05d3cb62 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/rocket.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/rocket.c
@@ -1049,7 +1049,6 @@ static void rp_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
 	tty_port_tty_set(port, NULL);
 
-	wake_up_interruptible(&port->close_wait);
 	complete_all(&info->close_wait);
 	atomic_dec(&rp_num_ports_open);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
index 9ba0c933307898813fab2fba2e413b9d943f9472..0140ba4aacded5ce8adf16cc7e8bfffb0fc7abd5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/68328serial.c
@@ -1071,7 +1071,6 @@ static void rs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&port->open_wait);
 	}
 	port->flags &= ~(ASYNC_NORMAL_ACTIVE|ASYNC_CLOSING);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&port->close_wait);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c b/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
index 06f4fe928dcd9b28567151ce281da027e6f8f241..f13f2ebd215bc9afe2ad64ae9070b8c069967d18 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/crisv10.c
@@ -3655,7 +3655,6 @@ rs_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file * filp)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&info->port.open_wait);
 	}
 	info->port.flags &= ~(ASYNC_NORMAL_ACTIVE|ASYNC_CLOSING);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&info->port.close_wait);
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 
 	/* port closed */
diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
index df4271ae7414267223f293f168646b0003833920..def5199ca004d1f3b7fa70057b465871a8ef5bb5 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/serial_core.c
@@ -1437,7 +1437,6 @@ static void uart_close(struct tty_struct *tty, struct file *filp)
 	clear_bit(ASYNCB_CLOSING, &port->flags);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&port->lock);
 	wake_up_interruptible(&port->open_wait);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&port->close_wait);
 
 	mutex_unlock(&port->mutex);
 
diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
index 0e1cf0495fb9e0eb9d2f694f43aca80c8ee630d2..e04a8cfb16f764b460f5c3072820c7092f63b18e 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_port.c
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ void tty_port_init(struct tty_port *port)
 	memset(port, 0, sizeof(*port));
 	tty_buffer_init(port);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&port->open_wait);
-	init_waitqueue_head(&port->close_wait);
 	init_waitqueue_head(&port->delta_msr_wait);
 	mutex_init(&port->mutex);
 	mutex_init(&port->buf_mutex);
@@ -520,7 +519,6 @@ void tty_port_close_end(struct tty_port *port, struct tty_struct *tty)
 		wake_up_interruptible(&port->open_wait);
 	}
 	port->flags &= ~(ASYNC_NORMAL_ACTIVE | ASYNC_CLOSING);
-	wake_up_interruptible(&port->close_wait);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&port->lock, flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_port_close_end);
diff --git a/include/linux/tty.h b/include/linux/tty.h
index 614c8224c32fd153d8179110b85a9ede781f4c23..090ce2a522626d445b695bd3cee53cfddb5a03ec 100644
--- a/include/linux/tty.h
+++ b/include/linux/tty.h
@@ -227,7 +227,6 @@ struct tty_port {
 	int			blocked_open;	/* Waiting to open */
 	int			count;		/* Usage count */
 	wait_queue_head_t	open_wait;	/* Open waiters */
-	wait_queue_head_t	close_wait;	/* Close waiters */
 	wait_queue_head_t	delta_msr_wait;	/* Modem status change */
 	unsigned long		flags;		/* TTY flags ASY_*/
 	unsigned char		console:1,	/* port is a console */