diff --git a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
index be8f7e2a026f428f51200e395792dd715a612eeb..994bddc55b82272c52d6c3224828f75a42d24dbe 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/wacom_sys.c
@@ -2579,7 +2579,9 @@ static void wacom_remove(struct hid_device *hdev)
 
 	/* make sure we don't trigger the LEDs */
 	wacom_led_groups_release(wacom);
-	wacom_release_resources(wacom);
+
+	if (wacom->wacom_wac.features.type != REMOTE)
+		wacom_release_resources(wacom);
 
 	hid_set_drvdata(hdev, NULL);
 }