diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8962.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8962.c
index 445d2090661cea83d7b2fc780cc39fcf861e5956..b4d472f7f8e91f72c844a5c5b490d081f61c01ef 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8962.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8962.c
@@ -3673,7 +3673,6 @@ static __devinit int wm8962_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 				ret);
 	}
 
-	pm_runtime_set_active(&i2c->dev);
 	pm_runtime_enable(&i2c->dev);
 	pm_request_idle(&i2c->dev);