diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wlan.c
index f633c6b9f0a9b4..3aeca882f431c0 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wlan.c
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ int wilc_wlan_handle_txq(struct wilc *wilc, u32 *txq_count)
 				entries = FIELD_GET(WILC_VMM_ENTRY_COUNT, reg);
 				break;
 			}
-			release_bus(wilc, WILC_BUS_RELEASE_ALLOW_SLEEP);
 		} while (--timeout);
 		if (timeout <= 0) {
 			ret = func->hif_write_reg(wilc, WILC_HOST_VMM_CTL, 0x0);