diff --git a/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c b/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
index 79efe4c6e636a3a6482553db53e3310b1cfcc6ed..6fb6b3faa15810a7599dd6c68c28edc1402710fc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
+++ b/arch/mips/alchemy/board-gpr.c
@@ -236,7 +236,6 @@ static struct platform_device gpr_i2c_device = {
 static struct i2c_board_info gpr_i2c_info[] __initdata = {
 	{
 		I2C_BOARD_INFO("lm83", 0x18),
-		.type = "lm83"
 	}
 };