diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
index 8487ecaa4d30..3f16cf3f6d74 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/cobalt/cobalt-driver.c
@@ -738,9 +738,6 @@ static int cobalt_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 			goto err_i2c;
 	}
 
-	retval = v4l2_device_register_subdev_nodes(&cobalt->v4l2_dev);
-	if (retval)
-		goto err_i2c;
 	retval = cobalt_nodes_register(cobalt);
 	if (retval) {
 		cobalt_err("Error %d registering device nodes\n", retval);