diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c
index 72f437170d2ebabae7c2a4d2659854b9c25bb5d8..402732cfb32a5574f6fda08f5637ba04a6d1fb0d 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-puv3.c
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ static int puv3_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	struct rtc_device *rtc = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
 
 	puv3_rtc_setpie(&dev->dev, 0);