diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
index a4e726fff5d4..3a3b86f4105a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/core/rtw_xmit.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ int _rtw_init_xmit_priv(struct xmit_priv *pxmitpriv, struct adapter *padapter)
 	/*  We don't need to memset padapter->XXX to zero, because adapter is allocated by vzalloc(). */
 
 	spin_lock_init(&pxmitpriv->lock);
-	sema_init(&pxmitpriv->terminate_xmitthread_sema, 0);
 
 	/*
 	 * Please insert all the queue initializaiton using rtw_init_queue below
diff --git a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
index 83638dede6e7..ef1b7123e557 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/r8188eu/include/rtw_xmit.h
@@ -257,7 +257,6 @@ struct agg_pkt_info {
 
 struct	xmit_priv {
 	spinlock_t lock;
-	struct semaphore terminate_xmitthread_sema;
 	struct __queue be_pending;
 	struct __queue bk_pending;
 	struct __queue vi_pending;