diff --git a/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c b/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c
index 28a766b9e198af4ded7bc8ddfe2c28181909ddea..4c345db8b016e8adab57c49e2f19992113ec41b8 100644
--- a/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c
+++ b/drivers/uio/uio_netx.c
@@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ static void netx_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *dev)
 	uio_unregister_device(info);
 	pci_release_regions(dev);
 	pci_disable_device(dev);
-	pci_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 	iounmap(info->mem[0].internal_addr);
 
 	kfree(info);