diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
index 27346d69f393..f9b40a9dc4d3 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c
@@ -780,20 +780,9 @@ static int acm_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	}
 
 	if (acm->susp_count) {
-		if (acm->putbuffer) {
-			/* now to preserve order */
-			usb_anchor_urb(acm->putbuffer->urb, &acm->delayed);
-			acm->putbuffer = NULL;
-		}
 		usb_anchor_urb(wb->urb, &acm->delayed);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acm->write_lock, flags);
 		return count;
-	} else {
-		if (acm->putbuffer) {
-			/* at this point there is no good way to handle errors */
-			acm_start_wb(acm, acm->putbuffer);
-			acm->putbuffer = NULL;
-		}
 	}
 
 	stat = acm_start_wb(acm, wb);
@@ -804,66 +793,6 @@ static int acm_tty_write(struct tty_struct *tty,
 	return count;
 }
 
-static void acm_tty_flush_chars(struct tty_struct *tty)
-{
-	struct acm *acm = tty->driver_data;
-	struct acm_wb *cur;
-	int err;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	spin_lock_irqsave(&acm->write_lock, flags);
-
-	cur = acm->putbuffer;
-	if (!cur) /* nothing to do */
-		goto out;
-
-	acm->putbuffer = NULL;
-	err = usb_autopm_get_interface_async(acm->control);
-	if (err < 0) {
-		cur->use = 0;
-		acm->putbuffer = cur;
-		goto out;
-	}
-
-	if (acm->susp_count)
-		usb_anchor_urb(cur->urb, &acm->delayed);
-	else
-		acm_start_wb(acm, cur);
-out:
-	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acm->write_lock, flags);
-	return;
-}
-
-static int acm_tty_put_char(struct tty_struct *tty, unsigned char ch)
-{
-	struct acm *acm = tty->driver_data;
-	struct acm_wb *cur;
-	int wbn;
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-overflow:
-	cur = acm->putbuffer;
-	if (!cur) {
-		spin_lock_irqsave(&acm->write_lock, flags);
-		wbn = acm_wb_alloc(acm);
-		if (wbn >= 0) {
-			cur = &acm->wb[wbn];
-			acm->putbuffer = cur;
-		}
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&acm->write_lock, flags);
-		if (!cur)
-			return 0;
-	}
-
-	if (cur->len == acm->writesize) {
-		acm_tty_flush_chars(tty);
-		goto overflow;
-	}
-
-	cur->buf[cur->len++] = ch;
-	return 1;
-}
-
 static int acm_tty_write_room(struct tty_struct *tty)
 {
 	struct acm *acm = tty->driver_data;
@@ -1987,8 +1916,6 @@ static const struct tty_operations acm_ops = {
 	.cleanup =		acm_tty_cleanup,
 	.hangup =		acm_tty_hangup,
 	.write =		acm_tty_write,
-	.put_char =		acm_tty_put_char,
-	.flush_chars =		acm_tty_flush_chars,
 	.write_room =		acm_tty_write_room,
 	.ioctl =		acm_tty_ioctl,
 	.throttle =		acm_tty_throttle,
diff --git a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.h b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.h
index eacc116e83da..ca06b20d7af9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.h
+++ b/drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.h
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@ struct acm {
 	unsigned long read_urbs_free;
 	struct urb *read_urbs[ACM_NR];
 	struct acm_rb read_buffers[ACM_NR];
-	struct acm_wb *putbuffer;			/* for acm_tty_put_char() */
 	int rx_buflimit;
 	spinlock_t read_lock;
 	u8 *notification_buffer;			/* to reassemble fragmented notifications */