diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index 72971dc55c524e0f602dd6320914c8e6d488ceb2..07d9bc1cf3cbcf3e0f129ca2540dd3265ae4da9f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -724,7 +724,6 @@ static void skl_remove(struct pci_dev *pci)
 
 	if (pci_dev_run_wake(pci))
 		pm_runtime_get_noresume(&pci->dev);
-	pci_dev_put(pci);
 
 	/* codec removal, invoke bus_device_remove */
 	snd_hdac_ext_bus_device_remove(ebus);