diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ls1x.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ls1x.c
index db82f91f456254f77f88f2cd50c862f169ea7aa3..e913f38bd33d97dfe78b8beaeb208331e57f029d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-ls1x.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-ls1x.c
@@ -187,8 +187,6 @@ static int ls1x_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int ls1x_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }