diff --git a/drivers/media/video/imx074.c b/drivers/media/video/imx074.c
index 380e459f899d3ff0105a274987a7940cd426a5e9..27b5dfdfbb931253fb3f02567084e39ecd97858c 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/imx074.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/imx074.c
@@ -451,7 +451,6 @@ static int imx074_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	ret = imx074_video_probe(icd, client);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		icd->ops = NULL;
-		i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 		kfree(priv);
 		return ret;
 	}
@@ -468,7 +467,6 @@ static int imx074_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	icd->ops = NULL;
 	if (icl->free_bus)
 		icl->free_bus(icl);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	client->driver = NULL;
 	kfree(priv);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/ov6650.c b/drivers/media/video/ov6650.c
index 31f19373bbae22540bf7d233d4f14333631858c5..cf93de98806894f36ff0a4504efe88d9658f06bf 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/ov6650.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/ov6650.c
@@ -1174,7 +1174,6 @@ static int ov6650_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	if (ret) {
 		icd->ops = NULL;
-		i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 		kfree(priv);
 	}
 
@@ -1185,7 +1184,6 @@ static int ov6650_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct ov6650 *priv = to_ov6650(client);
 
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(priv);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/misc/apds9802als.c b/drivers/misc/apds9802als.c
index 0ed09358027ec3e74a29d1073f5d7c41398ab6b7..644d4cd071cc58eb2afc02d09b53bab2f5a3ff38 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/apds9802als.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/apds9802als.c
@@ -251,7 +251,6 @@ static int apds9802als_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 
 	return res;
 als_error1:
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(data);
 	return res;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
index 75aa7a36307d8f23940bd1ae2e6ee91f49bb80cf..f286a4c56f663951184eb8d5ad3785cbaf1609ef 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/olpc_dcon/olpc_dcon.c
@@ -733,7 +733,6 @@ static int dcon_probe(struct i2c_client *client, const struct i2c_device_id *id)
  edev:
 	platform_device_unregister(dcon_device);
 	dcon_device = NULL;
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
  eirq:
 	free_irq(DCON_IRQ, &dcon_driver);
  einit:
@@ -757,8 +756,6 @@ static int dcon_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		platform_device_unregister(dcon_device);
 	cancel_work_sync(&dcon_work);
 
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }