diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
index c44145284aa1..edaa311d2009 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/max96712/max96712.c
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ static int max96712_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	priv->client = client;
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, priv);
 
 	priv->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &max96712_i2c_regmap);
 	if (IS_ERR(priv->regmap))
@@ -435,7 +434,8 @@ 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);