diff --git a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
index 3c90ad44b585..cb0a0c82279b 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/tty_io.c
@@ -135,10 +135,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_std_termios);
 
 LIST_HEAD(tty_drivers);			/* linked list of tty drivers */
 
-/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty. This is shared with
-   vt.c for deeply disgusting hack reasons */
+/* Mutex to protect creating and releasing a tty */
 DEFINE_MUTEX(tty_mutex);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(tty_mutex);
 
 /* Spinlock to protect the tty->tty_files list */
 DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tty_files_lock);