diff --git a/drivers/char/tlclk.c b/drivers/char/tlclk.c
index 244d30a03fef9d80daaf2092875361147202f61e..448d5083c3810abf73d0ea647c44773c5bc52508 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tlclk.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tlclk.c
@@ -807,8 +807,6 @@ static int __init tlclk_init(void)
 			&tlclk_attribute_group);
 	if (ret) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "tlclk: failed to create sysfs device attributes.\n");
-		sysfs_remove_group(&tlclk_device->dev.kobj,
-			&tlclk_attribute_group);
 		goto out5;
 	}