diff --git a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
index 25dbbaf42266a9b70310f59cfa134d8c7884f8a6..bb39705a89d961d1a9decbe0bc01889d26ccc9e7 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/channel_mgmt.c
@@ -884,7 +884,6 @@ int vmbus_request_offers(void)
 	struct vmbus_channel_message_header *msg;
 	struct vmbus_channel_msginfo *msginfo;
 	int ret;
-	unsigned long t;
 
 	msginfo = kmalloc(sizeof(*msginfo) +
 			  sizeof(struct vmbus_channel_message_header),
@@ -892,8 +891,6 @@ int vmbus_request_offers(void)
 	if (!msginfo)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	init_completion(&msginfo->waitevent);
-
 	msg = (struct vmbus_channel_message_header *)msginfo->msg;
 
 	msg->msgtype = CHANNELMSG_REQUESTOFFERS;
@@ -907,14 +904,6 @@ int vmbus_request_offers(void)
 		goto cleanup;
 	}
 
-	t = wait_for_completion_timeout(&msginfo->waitevent, 5*HZ);
-	if (t == 0) {
-		ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
-		goto cleanup;
-	}
-
-
-
 cleanup:
 	kfree(msginfo);