diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
index c338ef1136f6c6052b72b9394f74ef89b58273a5..7f1555621f8ec262459a0ebd65ffb680b24fbae8 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-qup.c
@@ -1030,7 +1030,6 @@ static int spi_qup_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	pm_runtime_put_noidle(&pdev->dev);
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
-	spi_master_put(master);
 
 	return 0;
 }