diff --git a/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c b/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c
index 5c80aea3211fde53e1f8d37b47c69e6319cf3809..10063236132c1e30b22b841bed114e69fa6f78c4 100644
--- a/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/mfd/max8925-i2c.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static int max8925_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 				   const struct i2c_device_id *id)
 {
 	struct max8925_platform_data *pdata = dev_get_platdata(&client->dev);
-	static struct max8925_chip *chip;
+	struct max8925_chip *chip;
 	struct device_node *node = client->dev.of_node;
 
 	if (node && !pdata) {