diff --git a/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c b/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
index 431d33b36fb03d97f1379c45952563be806ffbf4..8d14396225335ad73e2692f79378beffba5edf01 100644
--- a/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
+++ b/drivers/media/rc/img-ir/img-ir-hw.c
@@ -702,10 +702,6 @@ static void img_ir_set_protocol(struct img_ir_priv *priv, u64 proto)
 {
 	struct rc_dev *rdev = priv->hw.rdev;
 
-	spin_lock_irq(&rdev->rc_map.lock);
-	rdev->rc_map.rc_type = __ffs64(proto);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&rdev->rc_map.lock);
-
 	mutex_lock(&rdev->lock);
 	rdev->enabled_protocols = proto;
 	rdev->allowed_wakeup_protocols = proto;