diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
index bd2a75185cb35cb5c81b047a8939b779bff902d7..86df26e58abac65f671601b70f15085faa4fdece 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-picolcd_core.c
@@ -565,11 +565,7 @@ static int picolcd_probe(struct hid_device *hdev,
 		goto err_cleanup_data;
 	}
 
-	/* We don't use hidinput but hid_hw_start() fails if nothing is
-	 * claimed. So spoof claimed input. */
-	hdev->claimed = HID_CLAIMED_INPUT;
 	error = hid_hw_start(hdev, 0);
-	hdev->claimed = 0;
 	if (error) {
 		hid_err(hdev, "hardware start failed\n");
 		goto err_cleanup_data;