diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
index 5bc530ccbb868bacb45c290ac9b67d1bd4dbb717..2ea2f1561e59f9b01280cf8491f49832ed39b9fe 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-chip.c
@@ -269,7 +269,8 @@ static void tpm_del_char_device(struct tpm_chip *chip)
 
 	/* Make the driver uncallable. */
 	down_write(&chip->ops_sem);
-	tpm2_shutdown(chip, TPM2_SU_CLEAR);
+	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2)
+		tpm2_shutdown(chip, TPM2_SU_CLEAR);
 	chip->ops = NULL;
 	up_write(&chip->ops_sem);
 }