diff --git a/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
index 4a6e7186334e31ce4eccea8b0937312c20b5e29f..b0bade1881d4cc8db5dbd9b5c8392701a618e01a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/88pm860x-i2c.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ static int __devexit pm860x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	i2c_unregister_device(chip->companion);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(chip->companion, NULL);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(chip->client, NULL);
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(chip);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
index e4ca5909e4242261ac9a2588954607ec129f18d4..16898211cd1a0050e5fd388af662057c8cde4c08 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/ab3100-core.c
@@ -920,6 +920,7 @@ static int __init ab3100_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	i2c_unregister_device(ab3100->testreg_client);
  exit_no_testreg_client:
  exit_no_detect:
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(ab3100);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -941,6 +942,7 @@ static int __exit ab3100_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	 * their notifiers so deactivate IRQ
 	 */
 	free_irq(client->irq, ab3100);
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(ab3100);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
index 67181b147ab3a2265b1ea27be0fe3a21b6145044..3ad915d0589c0626234ffdbc357afbbe2ff37af3 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/da903x.c
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static int __devexit da903x_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	struct da903x_chip *chip = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
 	da903x_remove_subdevs(chip);
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(chip);
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
index a94b131a18efc72a2a7a6ebb4ec8bce6ef8ada2a..721948be12c77a7ad622e3559abc2f3953c1365a 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/menelaus.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,7 @@ static int menelaus_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 	free_irq(client->irq, menelaus);
 	flush_scheduled_work();
 fail1:
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(menelaus);
 	return err;
 }
@@ -1237,8 +1238,8 @@ static int __exit menelaus_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	struct menelaus_chip	*menelaus = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 
 	free_irq(client->irq, menelaus);
-	kfree(menelaus);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
+	kfree(menelaus);
 	the_menelaus = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c b/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
index dc95ddb708f1f19278c0c0f7f70f45ea903d9071..710e417e0eeceae30e62d62ba9e3ce11fb6bbf9e 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/pcf50633-core.c
@@ -679,6 +679,7 @@ static int __devexit pcf50633_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	for (i = 0; i < PCF50633_NUM_REGULATORS; i++)
 		platform_device_unregister(pcf->regulator_pdev[i]);
 
+	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
 	kfree(pcf);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
index e5955306c2fa3397d97c5dba149adf1c67213159..9b22a77f70f5dac90aec0395d176d9ad06d4a71f 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/tps65010.c
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ static int __exit tps65010_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 	cancel_delayed_work(&tps->work);
 	flush_scheduled_work();
 	debugfs_remove(tps->file);
-	kfree(tps);
 	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
+	kfree(tps);
 	the_tps = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
index 65830f57c093574baace391c8fb8bb78d78c4473..aa3ba0974ee576dfe3cd2ff5dce64e5ca955af95 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/wm8350-i2c.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ static int wm8350_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	return ret;
 
 err:
+	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, NULL);
 	kfree(wm8350);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ static int wm8350_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
 	struct wm8350 *wm8350 = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);
 
 	wm8350_device_exit(wm8350);
+	i2c_set_clientdata(i2c, NULL);
 	kfree(wm8350);
 
 	return 0;