diff --git a/drivers/input/keyboard/qt2160.c b/drivers/input/keyboard/qt2160.c
index 43b86482dda01b51c1d4ff38353756cd75bcfc5b..23dc7c0c7d780c807b3aa2ffec966e2f97d5c144 100644
--- a/drivers/input/keyboard/qt2160.c
+++ b/drivers/input/keyboard/qt2160.c
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct qt2160_data {
 	struct i2c_client *client;
 	struct input_dev *input;
 	struct delayed_work dwork;
-	spinlock_t lock;        /* Protects canceling/rescheduling of dwork */
 	unsigned short keycodes[ARRAY_SIZE(qt2160_key2code)];
 	u16 key_matrix;
 #ifdef CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS
@@ -221,22 +220,15 @@ static int qt2160_get_key_matrix(struct qt2160_data *qt2160)
 static irqreturn_t qt2160_irq(int irq, void *_qt2160)
 {
 	struct qt2160_data *qt2160 = _qt2160;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&qt2160->lock, flags);
 
 	mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &qt2160->dwork, 0);
 
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&qt2160->lock, flags);
-
 	return IRQ_HANDLED;
 }
 
 static void qt2160_schedule_read(struct qt2160_data *qt2160)
 {
-	spin_lock_irq(&qt2160->lock);
 	schedule_delayed_work(&qt2160->dwork, QT2160_CYCLE_INTERVAL);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&qt2160->lock);
 }
 
 static void qt2160_worker(struct work_struct *work)
@@ -406,7 +398,6 @@ static int qt2160_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	qt2160->client = client;
 	qt2160->input = input;
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&qt2160->dwork, qt2160_worker);
-	spin_lock_init(&qt2160->lock);
 
 	input->name = "AT42QT2160 Touch Sense Keyboard";
 	input->id.bustype = BUS_I2C;