diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8523.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8523.c
index 5355a7a944f7..db7a6819499f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8523.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8523.c
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ static int wm8523_probe(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	struct wm8523_priv *wm8523 = snd_soc_codec_get_drvdata(codec);
 	int ret, i;
 
-	codec->hw_write = (hw_write_t)i2c_master_send;
 	wm8523->rate_constraint.list = &wm8523->rate_constraint_list[0];
 	wm8523->rate_constraint.count =
 		ARRAY_SIZE(wm8523->rate_constraint_list);