diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c b/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c
index 239e0c461068bebb2189a0d7aaff22f472fc8d78..b2572c451c35ea9f6f9f6aab938aac2781ccdaa4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/tpa6130a2.c
@@ -446,7 +446,6 @@ static int __devinit tpa6130a2_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 		gpio_free(data->power_gpio);
 err_gpio:
 	kfree(data);
-	i2c_set_clientdata(tpa6130a2_client, NULL);
 	tpa6130a2_client = NULL;
 
 	return ret;