diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index d37cd7f10e3d..a659a97eccf1 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 #include <linux/sysfs.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
-#include <linux/rwsem.h>
 #include <linux/kref.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/wait.h>
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ extern struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
 
 struct subsystem {
 	struct kset		kset;
-	struct rw_semaphore	rwsem;
 };
 
 #define decl_subsys(_name,_type,_uevent_ops) \
diff --git a/lib/kobject.c b/lib/kobject.c
index eb251aae78dd..2882aff6f3d1 100644
--- a/lib/kobject.c
+++ b/lib/kobject.c
@@ -652,7 +652,6 @@ struct kobject * kset_find_obj(struct kset * kset, const char * name)
 
 void subsystem_init(struct subsystem * s)
 {
-	init_rwsem(&s->rwsem);
 	kset_init(&s->kset);
 }
 
@@ -661,8 +660,7 @@ void subsystem_init(struct subsystem * s)
  *	@s:	the subsystem we're registering.
  *
  *	Once we register the subsystem, we want to make sure that 
- *	the kset points back to this subsystem for correct usage of 
- *	the rwsem. 
+ *	the kset points back to this subsystem.
  */
 
 int subsystem_register(struct subsystem * s)