1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
index a27420a54c84..d58403a47908 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/eeprom.c
@@ -161,11 +161,6 @@ int eeprom_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         struct eeprom_data *data;
         int err = 0;
 
-        /* prevent 24RF08 corruption */
-        if (kind < 0)
-                i2c_smbus_xfer(adapter, address, 0, 0, 0,
-                               I2C_SMBUS_QUICK, NULL);
-
         /* There are three ways we can read the EEPROM data:
            (1) I2C block reads (faster, but unsupported by most adapters)
            (2) Consecutive byte reads (100% overhead)