diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93xx46.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93xx46.c
index 5004d72c9f42fc30574912d02b34ee5803e997d9..94cc035aa84175ccd5f27eb6cbd0b6747bd74467 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93xx46.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/eeprom_93xx46.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int eeprom_93xx46_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 
 	mutex_init(&edev->lock);
 
-	edev->spi = spi_dev_get(spi);
+	edev->spi = spi;
 	edev->pdata = pd;
 
 	edev->size = 128;