diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c b/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
index 967c94ae95bb..b747dc81cfc6 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/counter-chrdev.c
@@ -384,10 +384,6 @@ static int counter_chrdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 							    typeof(*counter),
 							    chrdev);
 
-	/* Ensure chrdev is not opened more than 1 at a time */
-	if (!atomic_add_unless(&counter->chrdev_lock, 1, 1))
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	get_device(&counter->dev);
 	filp->private_data = counter;
 
@@ -419,7 +415,6 @@ out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&counter->ops_exist_lock);
 
 	put_device(&counter->dev);
-	atomic_dec(&counter->chrdev_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -445,7 +440,6 @@ int counter_chrdev_add(struct counter_device *const counter)
 	mutex_init(&counter->events_lock);
 
 	/* Initialize character device */
-	atomic_set(&counter->chrdev_lock, 0);
 	cdev_init(&counter->chrdev, &counter_fops);
 
 	/* Allocate Counter events queue */
diff --git a/drivers/counter/counter-sysfs.c b/drivers/counter/counter-sysfs.c
index c2fddbb0d442..8c2d7c29ea59 100644
--- a/drivers/counter/counter-sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/counter/counter-sysfs.c
@@ -796,25 +796,18 @@ static int counter_events_queue_size_write(struct counter_device *counter,
 					   u64 val)
 {
 	DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(events, struct counter_event);
-	int err = 0;
-
-	/* Ensure chrdev is not opened more than 1 at a time */
-	if (!atomic_add_unless(&counter->chrdev_lock, 1, 1))
-		return -EBUSY;
+	int err;
 
 	/* Allocate new events queue */
 	err = kfifo_alloc(&events, val, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit_early;
+		return err;
 
 	/* Swap in new events queue */
 	kfifo_free(&counter->events);
 	counter->events.kfifo = events.kfifo;
 
-exit_early:
-	atomic_dec(&counter->chrdev_lock);
-
-	return err;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct counter_comp counter_num_signals_comp =
diff --git a/include/linux/counter.h b/include/linux/counter.h
index 22b14a552b1d..0fd99e255a50 100644
--- a/include/linux/counter.h
+++ b/include/linux/counter.h
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ struct counter_ops {
  * @events:		queue of detected Counter events
  * @events_wait:	wait queue to allow blocking reads of Counter events
  * @events_lock:	lock to protect Counter events queue read operations
- * @chrdev_lock:	lock to limit chrdev to a single open at a time
  * @ops_exist_lock:	lock to prevent use during removal
  */
 struct counter_device {
@@ -325,12 +324,6 @@ struct counter_device {
 	DECLARE_KFIFO_PTR(events, struct counter_event);
 	wait_queue_head_t events_wait;
 	struct mutex events_lock;
-	/*
-	 * chrdev_lock is locked by counter_chrdev_open() and unlocked by
-	 * counter_chrdev_release(), so a mutex is not possible here because
-	 * chrdev_lock will invariably be held when returning to user space
-	 */
-	atomic_t chrdev_lock;
 	struct mutex ops_exist_lock;
 };