diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
index addf0adc24d406060c97371b7b90203911289450..6ea413f6d5e562b18bea2016f6feab93da4cf261 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -173,9 +173,6 @@ int eeprom_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
 					    | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE))
 		goto exit;
 
-	/* OK. For now, we presume we have a valid client. We now create the
-	   client structure, even though we cannot fill it completely yet.
-	   But it allows us to access eeprom_{read,write}_value. */
 	if (!(data = kmalloc(sizeof(struct eeprom_data), GFP_KERNEL))) {
 		err = -ENOMEM;
 		goto exit;