diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
index faf5a2c659262..36e0fa161c2bf 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.c
@@ -577,11 +577,9 @@ void tpm_get_timeouts(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 	if (rc)
 		return;
 
-	if (be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.header.out.return_code) != 0 ||
-	    be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.header.out.length)
-	    != sizeof(tpm_cmd.header.out) + sizeof(u32) + 3 * sizeof(u32))
+	if (be32_to_cpu(tpm_cmd.header.out.return_code)
+	    != 3 * sizeof(u32))
 		return;
-
 	duration_cap = &tpm_cmd.params.getcap_out.cap.duration;
 	chip->vendor.duration[TPM_SHORT] =
 	    usecs_to_jiffies(be32_to_cpu(duration_cap->tpm_short));
@@ -941,18 +939,6 @@ ssize_t tpm_show_caps_1_2(struct device * dev,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_show_caps_1_2);
 
-ssize_t tpm_show_timeouts(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
-			  char *buf)
-{
-	struct tpm_chip *chip = dev_get_drvdata(dev);
-
-	return sprintf(buf, "%d %d %d\n",
-	               jiffies_to_usecs(chip->vendor.duration[TPM_SHORT]),
-	               jiffies_to_usecs(chip->vendor.duration[TPM_MEDIUM]),
-	               jiffies_to_usecs(chip->vendor.duration[TPM_LONG]));
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tpm_show_timeouts);
-
 ssize_t tpm_store_cancel(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute *attr,
 			const char *buf, size_t count)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
index d84ff772c26f7..72ddb031b69a2 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm.h
@@ -56,8 +56,6 @@ extern ssize_t tpm_show_owned(struct device *, struct device_attribute *attr,
 				char *);
 extern ssize_t tpm_show_temp_deactivated(struct device *,
 					 struct device_attribute *attr, char *);
-extern ssize_t tpm_show_timeouts(struct device *,
-				 struct device_attribute *attr, char *);
 
 struct tpm_chip;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
index 0d1d38e5f2661..dd21df55689d9 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis.c
@@ -376,7 +376,6 @@ static DEVICE_ATTR(temp_deactivated, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_temp_deactivated,
 		   NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(caps, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_caps_1_2, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(cancel, S_IWUSR | S_IWGRP, NULL, tpm_store_cancel);
-static DEVICE_ATTR(timeouts, S_IRUGO, tpm_show_timeouts, NULL);
 
 static struct attribute *tis_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_pubek.attr,
@@ -386,8 +385,7 @@ static struct attribute *tis_attrs[] = {
 	&dev_attr_owned.attr,
 	&dev_attr_temp_deactivated.attr,
 	&dev_attr_caps.attr,
-	&dev_attr_cancel.attr,
-	&dev_attr_timeouts.attr, NULL,
+	&dev_attr_cancel.attr, NULL,
 };
 
 static struct attribute_group tis_attr_grp = {