diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
index 5cf626c4dc96f7615f92bae6ef28c25b2ced500c..c6b743978d5ecdcdf402ddb43df0b7bd0400c422 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl_ssi.c
@@ -1114,7 +1114,6 @@ static int fsl_ssi_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	snd_soc_unregister_component(&pdev->dev);
 
 error_dev:
-	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, NULL);
 	device_remove_file(&pdev->dev, dev_attr);
 
 error_clk: