diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/ee1004.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/ee1004.c
index 00f61a83d7dd0fb0653cc968e09cdafd8363bf3c..bb9c4512c968c8b3435b65cc46b713f3c75e216b 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/ee1004.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/ee1004.c
@@ -114,11 +114,7 @@ static ssize_t ee1004_eeprom_read(struct i2c_client *client, char *buf,
 	if (offset + count > EE1004_PAGE_SIZE)
 		count = EE1004_PAGE_SIZE - offset;
 
-	status = i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated(client, offset,
-							   count, buf);
-	dev_dbg(&client->dev, "read %zu@%d --> %d\n", count, offset, status);
-
-	return status;
+	return i2c_smbus_read_i2c_block_data_or_emulated(client, offset, count, buf);
 }
 
 static ssize_t eeprom_read(struct file *filp, struct kobject *kobj,