diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/bcm2048/radio-bcm2048.c b/drivers/staging/media/bcm2048/radio-bcm2048.c
index 60a57b2a8fb208499cde841ee0bab41c50559ff6..4d5e2f400ff607a8bfbdd9ae33a2fb86a4444aa8 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/bcm2048/radio-bcm2048.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/bcm2048/radio-bcm2048.c
@@ -2699,8 +2699,6 @@ static int __exit bcm2048_i2c_driver_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 		kfree(bdev);
 	}
 
-	i2c_set_clientdata(client, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }