diff --git a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c
index 2184b7c3580e0e19052f5bc72e8f2c8b5e7c12e9..d18b0941b71a4d37d5b896645c68a1ec4b8e49a4 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-synquacer.c
@@ -144,8 +144,6 @@ struct synquacer_i2c {
 	u32			timeout_ms;
 	enum i2c_state		state;
 	struct i2c_adapter	adapter;
-
-	bool			is_suspended;
 };
 
 static inline int is_lastmsg(struct synquacer_i2c *i2c)
@@ -316,9 +314,6 @@ static int synquacer_i2c_doxfer(struct synquacer_i2c *i2c,
 	unsigned long timeout;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (i2c->is_suspended)
-		return -EBUSY;
-
 	synquacer_i2c_hw_init(i2c);
 	bsr = readb(i2c->base + SYNQUACER_I2C_REG_BSR);
 	if (bsr & SYNQUACER_I2C_BSR_BB) {