--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/init.c
@@ -631,8 +631,8 @@ static int ath9k_init_softc(u16 devid, s
 	ath_read_cachesize(common, &csz);
 	common->cachelsz = csz << 2; /* convert to bytes */
 
-	if (pdata && pdata->eeprom_name) {
-		ret = ath9k_eeprom_request(sc, pdata->eeprom_name);
+	if (0) {
+		ret = ath9k_eeprom_request(sc, NULL);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
--- a/include/linux/ath9k_platform.h
+++ b/include/linux/ath9k_platform.h
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@
 #define ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS	2048
 
 struct ath9k_platform_data {
-	const char *eeprom_name;
-
 	u16 eeprom_data[ATH9K_PLAT_EEP_MAX_WORDS];
 	u8 *macaddr;