diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tile.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tile.c
index fc3dee95f16618a86ec59d86272947b27882500c..b3bb32c43254be8e66e73887d8ce57c988df8348 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-tile.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-tile.c
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ static int tile_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
  */
 static int tile_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
-	platform_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }