1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
index 31cee2d34a17..9e1aeb69abf9 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/chips/max6875.c
@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@ static int max6875_detect(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, int address, int kind)
         struct max6875_data *data;
         int err = 0;
 
-        /* Prevent 24rf08 corruption (in case of user error) */
-        if (kind < 0)
-                i2c_smbus_xfer(adapter, address, 0, 0, 0,
-                               I2C_SMBUS_QUICK, NULL);
-
         if (!i2c_check_functionality(adapter, I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_WRITE_BYTE_DATA
                                      | I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_READ_BYTE))
                 return 0;