diff --git a/drivers/misc/bh1780gli.c b/drivers/misc/bh1780gli.c
index 714c6b487313a4ad7b360687591b75a6cddedc55..d5f3a3fd231931508948a9b0227aae2a3648a96f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/bh1780gli.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/bh1780gli.c
@@ -190,7 +190,6 @@ static int __devexit bh1780_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	ddata = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	sysfs_remove_group(&client->dev.kobj, &bh1780_attr_group);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(ddata);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/ad5398.c b/drivers/regulator/ad5398.c
index df1fb53c09d266ff9369add1303c47f3d24702ab..a4be41614eebd41fa5733c09a7e9645c64c72c59 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/ad5398.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/ad5398.c
@@ -256,7 +256,6 @@ static int __devexit ad5398_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 	regulator_unregister(chip->rdev);
 	kfree(chip);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/regulator/isl6271a-regulator.c b/drivers/regulator/isl6271a-regulator.c
index d61ecb885a8c94e857e78dcb23452ee9540385f0..b8cc6389a541a0e3cbc0cc4a60231c166cd2e2e1 100644
--- a/drivers/regulator/isl6271a-regulator.c
+++ b/drivers/regulator/isl6271a-regulator.c
@@ -191,8 +191,6 @@ static int __devexit isl6271a_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
 	struct isl_pmic *pmic = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
 	int i;
 
-	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, NULL);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < 3; i++)
 		regulator_unregister(pmic->rdev[i]);
 
diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
index 9daed8db83d3e5400559ac3c51c86d0e6b45f00d..9de8516e3531e70bad818747f41de4b8052486bd 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ds3232.c
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ static int __devinit ds3232_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		free_irq(client->irq, client);
 
 out_free:
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(ds3232);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -287,7 +286,6 @@ static int __devexit ds3232_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	}
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(ds3232->rtc);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(ds3232);
 	return 0;
 }