1 files changed, 1 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/acpi/ec.c b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
index 8b387a48e843..1feedcea2d40 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/ec.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/ec.c
@@ -838,9 +838,8 @@ static void ec_remove_handlers(struct acpi_ec *ec)
 static int acpi_ec_add(struct acpi_device *device)
 {
         struct acpi_ec *ec = NULL;
+        int ret;
 
-        if (!device)
-                return -EINVAL;
         strcpy(acpi_device_name(device), ACPI_EC_DEVICE_NAME);
         strcpy(acpi_device_class(device), ACPI_EC_CLASS);
 
@@ -875,21 +874,6 @@ static int acpi_ec_add(struct acpi_device *device)
                           ec->gpe, ec->command_addr, ec->data_addr);
         pr_info(PREFIX "driver started in %s mode\n",
                 (test_bit(EC_FLAGS_GPE_MODE, &ec->flags))?"interrupt":"poll");
-        return 0;
-}
-
-static int acpi_ec_start(struct acpi_device *device)
-{
-        struct acpi_ec *ec;
-        int ret = 0;
-
-        if (!device)
-                return -EINVAL;
-
-        ec = acpi_driver_data(device);
-
-        if (!ec)
-                return -EINVAL;
 
         ret = ec_install_handlers(ec);
 
@@ -1077,7 +1061,6 @@ static struct acpi_driver acpi_ec_driver = {
         .ops = {
                 .add = acpi_ec_add,
                 .remove = acpi_ec_remove,
-                .start = acpi_ec_start,
                 .stop = acpi_ec_stop,
                 .suspend = acpi_ec_suspend,
                 .resume = acpi_ec_resume,