diff --git a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
index 49e4f770864a..57d0d871dcf7 100644
--- a/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
+++ b/Documentation/misc-devices/mei/mei-amt-version.c
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ static bool mei_init(struct mei *me, const uuid_le *guid,
 	struct mei_client *cl;
 	struct mei_connect_client_data data;
 
-	mei_deinit(me);
-
 	me->verbose = verbose;
 
 	me->fd = open("/dev/mei", O_RDWR);