diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/timed_output.c b/drivers/staging/android/timed_output.c
index 2c617834dc46c8f81033638ba0043ab9eac7740e..c341ac11c5a3dc8260961a8dc144a6666049e234 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/timed_output.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/timed_output.c
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ void timed_output_dev_unregister(struct timed_output_dev *tdev)
 {
 	tdev->enable(tdev, 0);
 	device_destroy(timed_output_class, MKDEV(0, tdev->index));
-	dev_set_drvdata(tdev->dev, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(timed_output_dev_unregister);