diff --git a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
index eb63855f7cc1..33a3251e0766 100644
--- a/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
+++ b/drivers/input/mouse/psmouse-base.c
@@ -835,12 +835,6 @@ static void psmouse_set_rate(struct psmouse *psmouse, unsigned int rate)
 
 static void psmouse_initialize(struct psmouse *psmouse)
 {
-/*
- * We set the mouse into streaming mode.
- */
-
-	ps2_command(&psmouse->ps2dev, NULL, PSMOUSE_CMD_SETSTREAM);
-
 /*
  * We set the mouse report rate, resolution and scaling.
  */