diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
index 1e48686ca6d22c9b54de8394cd9dced5c80b9c20..c6573585d02839430e1944356b4db29d12fc4ab8 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-jz4740.c
@@ -287,7 +287,6 @@ static int jz4740_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 err_unregister_rtc:
 	rtc_device_unregister(rtc->rtc);
 err_iounmap:
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	iounmap(rtc->base);
 err_release_mem_region:
 	release_mem_region(rtc->mem->start, resource_size(rtc->mem));
@@ -310,8 +309,6 @@ static int jz4740_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	kfree(rtc);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }