1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
index d4d4ca65d37..aa6d8b686f8 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/fschmd.c
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 
 /* Addresses to scan */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(watchdog_mutex);
 static const unsigned short normal_i2c[] = { 0x73, I2C_CLIENT_END };
 
 /* Insmod parameters */
@@ -850,7 +849,7 @@ static ssize_t watchdog_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf,
 
 static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
-        static struct watchdog_info ident = {
+        struct watchdog_info ident = {
                 .options = WDIOF_KEEPALIVEPING | WDIOF_SETTIMEOUT |
                                 WDIOF_CARDRESET,
                 .identity = "FSC watchdog"
@@ -858,7 +857,6 @@ static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
         int i, ret = 0;
         struct fschmd_data *data = filp->private_data;
 
-        mutex_lock(&watchdog_mutex);
         switch (cmd) {
         case WDIOC_GETSUPPORT:
                 ident.firmware_version = data->revision;
@@ -915,7 +913,6 @@ static long watchdog_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
         default:
                 ret = -ENOTTY;
         }
-        mutex_unlock(&watchdog_mutex);
         return ret;
 }