diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs.h b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs.h
index 36d093fa9fb3..eecde500ed49 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs.h
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs.h
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ struct hypfs_dbfs_data {
 	void			*buf_free_ptr;
 	size_t			size;
 	struct hypfs_dbfs_file	*dbfs_file;
-	struct kref		kref;
 };
 
 struct hypfs_dbfs_file {
@@ -65,8 +64,6 @@ struct hypfs_dbfs_file {
 					   unsigned long);
 
 	/* Private data for hypfs_dbfs.c */
-	struct hypfs_dbfs_data	*data;
-	struct delayed_work	data_free_work;
 	struct mutex		lock;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
 };
diff --git a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
index 47fe1055c714..752f6df3e697 100644
--- a/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
+++ b/arch/s390/hypfs/hypfs_dbfs.c
@@ -17,33 +17,16 @@ static struct hypfs_dbfs_data *hypfs_dbfs_data_alloc(struct hypfs_dbfs_file *f)
 	data = kmalloc(sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)
 		return NULL;
-	kref_init(&data->kref);
 	data->dbfs_file = f;
 	return data;
 }
 
-static void hypfs_dbfs_data_free(struct kref *kref)
+static void hypfs_dbfs_data_free(struct hypfs_dbfs_data *data)
 {
-	struct hypfs_dbfs_data *data;
-
-	data = container_of(kref, struct hypfs_dbfs_data, kref);
 	data->dbfs_file->data_free(data->buf_free_ptr);
 	kfree(data);
 }
 
-static void data_free_delayed(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct hypfs_dbfs_data *data;
-	struct hypfs_dbfs_file *df;
-
-	df = container_of(work, struct hypfs_dbfs_file, data_free_work.work);
-	mutex_lock(&df->lock);
-	data = df->data;
-	df->data = NULL;
-	mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
-	kref_put(&data->kref, hypfs_dbfs_data_free);
-}
-
 static ssize_t dbfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 			 size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 {
@@ -56,28 +39,21 @@ static ssize_t dbfs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
 	df = file_inode(file)->i_private;
 	mutex_lock(&df->lock);
-	if (!df->data) {
-		data = hypfs_dbfs_data_alloc(df);
-		if (!data) {
-			mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
-			return -ENOMEM;
-		}
-		rc = df->data_create(&data->buf, &data->buf_free_ptr,
-				     &data->size);
-		if (rc) {
-			mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
-			kfree(data);
-			return rc;
-		}
-		df->data = data;
-		schedule_delayed_work(&df->data_free_work, HZ);
+	data = hypfs_dbfs_data_alloc(df);
+	if (!data) {
+		mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
+	rc = df->data_create(&data->buf, &data->buf_free_ptr, &data->size);
+	if (rc) {
+		mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
+		kfree(data);
+		return rc;
 	}
-	data = df->data;
-	kref_get(&data->kref);
 	mutex_unlock(&df->lock);
 
 	rc = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, size, ppos, data->buf, data->size);
-	kref_put(&data->kref, hypfs_dbfs_data_free);
+	hypfs_dbfs_data_free(data);
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -108,7 +84,6 @@ int hypfs_dbfs_create_file(struct hypfs_dbfs_file *df)
 	if (IS_ERR(df->dentry))
 		return PTR_ERR(df->dentry);
 	mutex_init(&df->lock);
-	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&df->data_free_work, data_free_delayed);
 	return 0;
 }