diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 56e48330..a1659d05 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ SVN HEAD
   Man page i2cdetect.8: Scanning range can be restricted
   Module i2c-amd8111: Cleanups (2.6 backport)
                       Fix initialization race (2.6 backport)
+  Module i2c-nforce2: Drop unused reference to pci_dev (2.6 backport)
   Module i2c-piix4: Add ATI SB600 support (2.6 backport)
   Module i2c-viapro: Add CX700 support (2.6 backport)
   Programs i2cdetect, i2cdump, isadump: Flush output in real time
diff --git a/kernel/busses/i2c-nforce2.c b/kernel/busses/i2c-nforce2.c
index 4f976fba..b8ed6cf0 100644
--- a/kernel/busses/i2c-nforce2.c
+++ b/kernel/busses/i2c-nforce2.c
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ MODULE_DESCRIPTION("nForce2 SMBus driver");
 
 
 struct nforce2_smbus {
-	struct pci_dev *dev;
 	struct i2c_adapter adapter;
 	int base;
 	int size;
@@ -336,7 +335,6 @@ static int __devinit nforce2_probe_smb(struct pci_dev *dev, int bar,
 		smbus->base = iobase & PCI_BASE_ADDRESS_IO_MASK;
 		smbus->size = 8;
 	}
-	smbus->dev = dev;
 
 	if (!request_region(smbus->base, smbus->size, nforce2_driver.name)) {
 		printk (KERN_ERR "i2c-nforce2.o: Error requesting region %02x .. %02X for %s\n", smbus->base, smbus->base+smbus->size-1, name);