diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
index 3f554c44752183a917f6229a4bc26ec81a042e00..d1495d76bf2c3d5983903d91d458f217e45f1b95 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max8997.c
@@ -153,12 +153,6 @@ static struct max8997_platform_data *max8997_i2c_parse_dt_pdata(
 
 	pd->ono = irq_of_parse_and_map(dev->of_node, 1);
 
-	/*
-	 * ToDo: the 'wakeup' member in the platform data is more of a linux
-	 * specfic information. Hence, there is no binding for that yet and
-	 * not parsed here.
-	 */
-
 	return pd;
 }
 
@@ -246,7 +240,7 @@ static int max8997_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	 */
 
 	/* MAX8997 has a power button input. */
-	device_init_wakeup(max8997->dev, pdata->wakeup);
+	device_init_wakeup(max8997->dev, true);
 
 	return ret;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/max8997.h b/include/linux/mfd/max8997.h
index cf815577bd6869d004f2e4d74a465500df82c4d9..3ae1fe743bc34b010431b54fdaad009dfba8ebc0 100644
--- a/include/linux/mfd/max8997.h
+++ b/include/linux/mfd/max8997.h
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ struct max8997_led_platform_data {
 struct max8997_platform_data {
 	/* IRQ */
 	int ono;
-	int wakeup;
 
 	/* ---- PMIC ---- */
 	struct max8997_regulator_data *regulators;