diff --git a/include/linux/kthread.h b/include/linux/kthread.h
index 7cce5dfa092f..1c65e7a9f186 100644
--- a/include/linux/kthread.h
+++ b/include/linux/kthread.h
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ struct task_struct *kthread_create(int (*threadfn)(void *data),
 
 void kthread_bind(struct task_struct *k, unsigned int cpu);
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k);
-int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s);
 int kthread_should_stop(void);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_KTHREAD_H */
diff --git a/kernel/kthread.c b/kernel/kthread.c
index 24be714b04c7..4f9c60ef95e8 100644
--- a/kernel/kthread.c
+++ b/kernel/kthread.c
@@ -215,23 +215,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_bind);
  * was never called.
  */
 int kthread_stop(struct task_struct *k)
-{
-	return kthread_stop_sem(k, NULL);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
-
-/**
- * kthread_stop_sem - stop a thread created by kthread_create().
- * @k: thread created by kthread_create().
- * @s: semaphore that @k waits on while idle.
- *
- * Does essentially the same thing as kthread_stop() above, but wakes
- * @k by calling up(@s).
- *
- * Returns the result of threadfn(), or %-EINTR if wake_up_process()
- * was never called.
- */
-int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -246,10 +229,7 @@ int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
 
 	/* Now set kthread_should_stop() to true, and wake it up. */
 	kthread_stop_info.k = k;
-	if (s)
-		up(s);
-	else
-		wake_up_process(k);
+	wake_up_process(k);
 	put_task_struct(k);
 
 	/* Once it dies, reset stop ptr, gather result and we're done. */
@@ -260,7 +240,7 @@ int kthread_stop_sem(struct task_struct *k, struct semaphore *s)
 
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop_sem);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(kthread_stop);
 
 static __init int helper_init(void)
 {