diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-coh901.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-coh901.c
index d6b41747d687e13c188340ed08a3027c9646245d..ea98df9b3069a23c93a7bf887da1f0201310a12e 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-coh901.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-coh901.c
@@ -856,7 +856,6 @@ static int __exit u300_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	}
 	u300_gpio_free_ports(gpio);
 	clk_disable_unprepare(gpio->clk);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }