diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-da9052.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-da9052.c
index 7286b279cf2d312d07a9a061fb4901cc39bc949e..a61ab7fa8a6606689cbb8cfa69bb5a5ebed68811 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-da9052.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-da9052.c
@@ -257,8 +257,6 @@ static int da9052_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int da9052_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }