diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
index 29718042c6c9..06e2eeec8473 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/tty3270.c
@@ -698,7 +698,6 @@ tty3270_alloc_view(void)
 	if (!tp->freemem_pages)
 		goto out_tp;
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tp->freemem);
-	init_timer(&tp->timer);
 	for (pages = 0; pages < TTY3270_STRING_PAGES; pages++) {
 		tp->freemem_pages[pages] = (void *)
 			__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|GFP_DMA, 0);