2 files changed, 24 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
index 9b9d808578b..f75344ac466 100644
--- a/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
+++ b/drivers/i2c/i2c-core.c
@@ -764,17 +764,33 @@ int i2c_detach_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_detach_client);
 
-int i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client)
+/**
+ * i2c_use_client - increments the reference count of the i2c client structure
+ * @client: the client being referenced
+ *
+ * Each live reference to a client should be refcounted. The driver model does
+ * that automatically as part of driver binding, so that most drivers don't
+ * need to do this explicitly: they hold a reference until they're unbound
+ * from the device.
+ *
+ * A pointer to the client with the incremented reference counter is returned.
+ */
+struct i2c_client *i2c_use_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	get_device(&client->dev);
-	return 0;
+	return client;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_use_client);
 
-int i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client)
+/**
+ * i2c_release_client - release a use of the i2c client structure
+ * @client: the client being no longer referenced
+ *
+ * Must be called when a user of a client is finished with it.
+ */
+void i2c_release_client(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	put_device(&client->dev);
-	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(i2c_release_client);
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/vino.c b/drivers/media/video/vino.c
index 9a03dc82c6c..5bb75294b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/vino.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/vino.c
@@ -2589,11 +2589,7 @@ static int vino_acquire_input(struct vino_channel_settings *vcs)
 	/* First try D1 and then SAA7191 */
 	if (vino_drvdata->camera.driver
 	    && (vino_drvdata->camera.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL)) {
-		if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver)) {
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
+		i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver);
 		vino_drvdata->camera.owner = vcs->channel;
 		vcs->input = VINO_INPUT_D1;
 		vcs->data_norm = VINO_DATA_NORM_D1;
@@ -2602,11 +2598,7 @@ static int vino_acquire_input(struct vino_channel_settings *vcs)
 		int input, data_norm;
 		int saa7191_input;
 
-		if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver)) {
-			ret = -ENODEV;
-			goto out;
-		}
-
+		i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver);
 		input = VINO_INPUT_COMPOSITE;
 
 		saa7191_input = vino_get_saa7191_input(input);
@@ -2688,10 +2680,7 @@ static int vino_set_input(struct vino_channel_settings *vcs, int input)
 		}
 
 		if (vino_drvdata->decoder.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL) {
-			if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver)) {
-				ret = -ENODEV;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->decoder.driver);
 			vino_drvdata->decoder.owner = vcs->channel;
 		}
 
@@ -2759,10 +2748,7 @@ static int vino_set_input(struct vino_channel_settings *vcs, int input)
 		}
 
 		if (vino_drvdata->camera.owner == VINO_NO_CHANNEL) {
-			if (i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver)) {
-				ret = -ENODEV;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			i2c_use_client(vino_drvdata->camera.driver);
 			vino_drvdata->camera.owner = vcs->channel;
 		}