diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c
index eb1dc7ad80fb367bbb6c56959a8758aa85225ac4..eeceab39cda22aee81e2fcbb86fc0c9520766a5f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/pcie_bus.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ static void wil_pcie_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	pci_iounmap(pdev, wil->csr);
 	pci_release_region(pdev, 0);
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 }
 
 static DEFINE_PCI_DEVICE_TABLE(wil6210_pcie_ids) = {