diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
index 5785dda8f9d3..f6aec474ff3a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.c
@@ -2262,7 +2262,6 @@ struct wireless_dev *wilc_create_wiphy(struct net_device *net, struct device *de
 	}
 
 	priv = wdev_priv(wdev);
-	sema_init(&(priv->SemHandleUpdateStats), 1);
 	priv->wdev = wdev;
 	wdev->wiphy->max_scan_ssids = MAX_NUM_PROBED_SSID;
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
index debb139b7687..94a41b4a21a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wfi_netdevice.h
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ struct wilc_priv {
 	struct wilc_wfi_key *wilc_ptk[MAX_NUM_STA];
 	u8 wilc_groupkey;
 	/* semaphores */
-	struct semaphore SemHandleUpdateStats;
 	struct semaphore hSemScanReq;
 	/*  */
 	bool gbAutoRateAdjusted;