diff --git a/drivers/net/chelsio/common.h b/drivers/net/chelsio/common.h
index 5d9dd14427c5f30ac27d777c684e0b7c3d5d0d66..efe1f6685285ff2dc26836e569da5b40ff4cf75f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/chelsio/common.h
+++ b/drivers/net/chelsio/common.h
@@ -212,7 +212,6 @@ struct adapter {
 	struct work_struct stats_update_task;
 	struct timer_list stats_update_timer;
 
-	struct semaphore mib_mutex;
 	spinlock_t tpi_lock;
 	spinlock_t work_lock;
 	/* guards async operations */
diff --git a/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c b/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
index 1d78d5d4b1a743fbef6d487c92d4b5edee8a72fa..42ad9cfd670a3adaf589002daf67bd18a3044098 100644
--- a/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
+++ b/drivers/net/chelsio/cxgb2.c
@@ -1040,7 +1040,6 @@ static int __devinit init_one(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 			adapter->msg_enable = dflt_msg_enable;
 			adapter->mmio_len = mmio_len;
 
-			init_MUTEX(&adapter->mib_mutex);
 			spin_lock_init(&adapter->tpi_lock);
 			spin_lock_init(&adapter->work_lock);
 			spin_lock_init(&adapter->async_lock);