diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
index 4a5dc5c6d8e8121e4af007d71bf9a0b989fdd8c0..375cdd0cf876b114f9e9e6fcbd7751cbc5fddf01 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-mxc/include/mach/i2c.h
@@ -11,14 +11,10 @@
 
 /**
  * struct imxi2c_platform_data - structure of platform data for MXC I2C driver
- * @init:	Initialise gpio's and other board specific things
- * @exit:	Free everything initialised by @init
  * @bitrate:	Bus speed measured in Hz
  *
  **/
 struct imxi2c_platform_data {
-	int (*init)(struct device *dev);
-	void (*exit)(struct device *dev);
 	int bitrate;
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
index 4c2a62b75b5cf188dd896dff100c80bfe253aded..54d809ed20bee78b0b96371026c6122dd1b66d19 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-imx.c
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ static int __init i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct imx_i2c_struct *i2c_imx;
 	struct resource *res;
-	struct imxi2c_platform_data *pdata;
+	struct imxi2c_platform_data *pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
 	void __iomem *base;
 	resource_size_t res_size;
 	int irq;
@@ -485,19 +485,11 @@ static int __init i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 
-	pdata = pdev->dev.platform_data;
-
-	if (pdata && pdata->init) {
-		ret = pdata->init(&pdev->dev);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-	}
-
 	res_size = resource_size(res);
 
 	if (!request_mem_region(res->start, res_size, DRIVER_NAME)) {
-		ret = -EBUSY;
-		goto fail0;
+		dev_err(&pdev->dev, "request_mem_region failed\n");
+		return -EBUSY;
 	}
 
 	base = ioremap(res->start, res_size);
@@ -586,9 +578,6 @@ static int __init i2c_imx_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iounmap(base);
 fail1:
 	release_mem_region(res->start, resource_size(res));
-fail0:
-	if (pdata && pdata->exit)
-		pdata->exit(&pdev->dev);
 	return ret; /* Return error number */
 }
 
@@ -611,10 +600,6 @@ static int __exit i2c_imx_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	writeb(0, i2c_imx->base + IMX_I2C_I2CR);
 	writeb(0, i2c_imx->base + IMX_I2C_I2SR);
 
-	/* Shut down hardware */
-	if (pdata && pdata->exit)
-		pdata->exit(&pdev->dev);
-
 	clk_put(i2c_imx->clk);
 
 	iounmap(i2c_imx->base);