diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_main.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_main.c
index 563f8fe7686adc9c895dbb623cac3f7c9ae5a3a6..dd2daf2a54e066840ffa5cad34db52258af29d43 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_main.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_main.c
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@
  */
 static LIST_HEAD(cdev_list);
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(cdev_mutex);
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(cdev_list_lock);
 
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(notify_mutex);
 static RAW_NOTIFIER_HEAD(listen_notify_list);