diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l56.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l56.c
index 26066682c983..3b0e715549c9 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l56.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs42l56.c
@@ -1191,18 +1191,12 @@ static int cs42l56_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c_client)
 	if (pdata) {
 		cs42l56->pdata = *pdata;
 	} else {
-		pdata = devm_kzalloc(&i2c_client->dev, sizeof(*pdata),
-				     GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (!pdata)
-			return -ENOMEM;
-
 		if (i2c_client->dev.of_node) {
 			ret = cs42l56_handle_of_data(i2c_client,
 						     &cs42l56->pdata);
 			if (ret != 0)
 				return ret;
 		}
-		cs42l56->pdata = *pdata;
 	}
 
 	if (cs42l56->pdata.gpio_nreset) {