diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/spi_ks8995.c b/drivers/net/phy/spi_ks8995.c
index b5d50d45872893ffcbdef86f8317d0512b2e2a32..93ffedfa299412f78af2c72fedc991101a52a451 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/spi_ks8995.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/spi_ks8995.c
@@ -441,7 +441,7 @@ static int ks8995_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	mutex_init(&ks->lock);
-	ks->spi = spi_dev_get(spi);
+	ks->spi = spi;
 	ks->chip = &ks8995_chip[variant];
 
 	if (ks->spi->dev.of_node) {