diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
index ede02e8c891cbb..0751b2e0489589 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ static int max96712_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	priv->info = of_device_get_match_data(&client->dev);
 
 	priv->client = client;
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, priv);
 
 	priv->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &max96712_i2c_regmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->regmap))
@@ -448,7 +447,8 @@ static int max96712_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 
 static void max96712_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
-	struct max96712_priv *priv = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	struct v4l2_subdev *sd = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
+	struct max96712_priv *priv = container_of(sd, struct max96712_priv, sd);
 
 	v4l2_async_unregister_subdev(&priv->sd);