diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
index d04d02b41c329d9de7467d110ad2f595125bdc79..061756e36cf8ddabeed3854b41aa615221bcb62e 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/shwdt.c
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ static int sh_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	wdt->timer.data		= (unsigned long)wdt;
 	wdt->timer.expires	= next_ping_period(clock_division_ratio);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, wdt);
-
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "initialized.\n");
 
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);