diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
index 86c17de87692c74baca7da4a67455e1745a0cf1e..761c4705dfbb357b437f263dac54d1a5c8272864 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-lynxpoint.c
@@ -447,7 +447,6 @@ static int lp_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	err = gpiochip_remove(&lg->chip);
 	if (err)
 		dev_warn(&pdev->dev, "failed to remove gpio_chip.\n");
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }