diff --git a/drivers/dma/timb_dma.c b/drivers/dma/timb_dma.c
index 26107ba6edb33a2fb7d9165aa4ef874bf02f8fbe..0ef43c136aa7dbbd30c65b9b1ebb43984b1baea0 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/timb_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/timb_dma.c
@@ -811,8 +811,6 @@ static int td_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kfree(td);
 	release_mem_region(iomem->start, resource_size(iomem));
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	dev_dbg(&pdev->dev, "Removed...\n");
 	return 0;
 }