1 files changed, 0 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index d16b4998c4c2..a1c5dff85431 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -497,14 +497,9 @@ int i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client)
         if (ret)
                 return ret;
 
-        if (client->usage_count > 0)
-                goto busy;
         client->usage_count++;
 
         return 0;
- busy:
-        i2c_dec_use_client(client);
-        return -EBUSY;
 }
 
 int i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client)