diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig b/drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig
index 48ae60a2c603..b0f52707cf03 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/Kconfig
@@ -1015,7 +1015,7 @@ config VIDEO_OV7670
 config VIDEO_OV7740
 	tristate "OmniVision OV7740 sensor support"
 	depends on I2C && VIDEO_V4L2
-	select REGMAP_I2C
+	select REGMAP_SCCB
 	help
 	  This is a Video4Linux2 sensor driver for the OmniVision
 	  OV7740 VGA camera sensor.
diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/ov7740.c b/drivers/media/i2c/ov7740.c
index 732655fe4ba3..5832461c032d 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/ov7740.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/ov7740.c
@@ -1068,13 +1068,6 @@ static int ov7740_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	struct v4l2_subdev *sd;
 	int ret;
 
-	if (!i2c_check_functionality(client->adapter,
-				     I2C_FUNC_SMBUS_BYTE_DATA)) {
-		dev_err(&client->dev,
-			"OV7740: I2C-Adapter doesn't support SMBUS\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	ov7740 = devm_kzalloc(&client->dev, sizeof(*ov7740), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ov7740)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -1091,7 +1084,7 @@ static int ov7740_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;
 
-	ov7740->regmap = devm_regmap_init_i2c(client, &ov7740_regmap_config);
+	ov7740->regmap = devm_regmap_init_sccb(client, &ov7740_regmap_config);
 	if (IS_ERR(ov7740->regmap)) {
 		ret = PTR_ERR(ov7740->regmap);
 		dev_err(&client->dev, "Failed to allocate register map: %d\n",
@@ -1100,7 +1093,6 @@ static int ov7740_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	}
 
 	sd = &ov7740->subdev;
-	client->flags |= I2C_CLIENT_SCCB;
 	v4l2_i2c_subdev_init(sd, client, &ov7740_subdev_ops);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API