diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c
index fc207b268e4fd3db1926c494c8b470a6833c8102..a91506b12a627f26a084aef5e6dcb9a4213ac5e4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/rtl818x/rtl8180/dev.c
@@ -1122,7 +1122,6 @@ static int rtl8180_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	iounmap(priv->map);
 
  err_free_dev:
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	ieee80211_free_hw(dev);
 
  err_free_reg: