diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_dev.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_dev.c
index 548a32082e4a2f65dd5173b47ad2ded12e1f1573..4316f5a48a0f7bc696fd70ba22d03beb433699c7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_dev.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/mv64x60_dev.c
@@ -361,12 +361,6 @@ static int __init mv64x60_i2c_device_setup(struct device_node *np, int id)
 	else
 		pdata.timeout = 1000;	/* 1 second */
 
-	prop = of_get_property(np, "retries", NULL);
-	if (prop)
-		pdata.retries = *prop;
-	else
-		pdata.retries = 1;
-
 	pdev = platform_device_alloc(MV64XXX_I2C_CTLR_NAME, id);
 	if (!pdev)
 		return -ENOMEM;
diff --git a/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c b/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
index 2744b8a6f66aee66daa87d9f97332f54afd2e6f2..90fe904d36141623c5f81f922647b4ac96af171a 100644
--- a/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
+++ b/arch/ppc/syslib/mv64x60.c
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ static struct mv64xxx_i2c_pdata mv64xxx_i2c_pdata = {
 	.freq_m			= 8,
 	.freq_n			= 3,
 	.timeout		= 1000, /* Default timeout of 1 second */
-	.retries		= 1,
 };
 
 static struct resource mv64xxx_i2c_resources[] = {
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c
index cdd1ef99fcff512e90c900e07fb04669872bc7a3..036e6a883e6788e1564a56ae04afb227971681d6 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-mv64xxx.c
@@ -532,7 +532,6 @@ mv64xxx_i2c_probe(struct platform_device *pd)
 	drv_data->adapter.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	drv_data->adapter.class = I2C_CLASS_HWMON;
 	drv_data->adapter.timeout = pdata->timeout;
-	drv_data->adapter.retries = pdata->retries;
 	drv_data->adapter.nr = pd->id;
 	platform_set_drvdata(pd, drv_data);
 	i2c_set_adapdata(&drv_data->adapter, drv_data);
diff --git a/include/linux/mv643xx_i2c.h b/include/linux/mv643xx_i2c.h
index adb629b15477fc0de5bc956745633cf7baca3f22..5db5152e9de57cdfe72aac9b26d5e7dccd9c0d8c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mv643xx_i2c.h
+++ b/include/linux/mv643xx_i2c.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ struct mv64xxx_i2c_pdata {
 	u32	freq_m;
 	u32	freq_n;
 	u32	timeout;	/* In milliseconds */
-	u32	retries;
 };
 
 #endif /*_MV64XXX_I2C_H_*/