diff --git a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
index 01118f7344362473e3b65bf535c7bac8da58e1f5..8a7e31927a3b618cdf6f4fd084af9fcff062b49f 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/host/xhci.c
@@ -660,12 +660,6 @@ static void xhci_only_stop_hcd(struct usb_hcd *hcd)
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&xhci->lock);
 	xhci_halt(xhci);
-
-	/* The shared_hcd is going to be deallocated shortly (the USB core only
-	 * calls this function when allocation fails in usb_add_hcd(), or
-	 * usb_remove_hcd() is called).  So we need to unset xHCI's pointer.
-	 */
-	xhci->shared_hcd = NULL;
 	spin_unlock_irq(&xhci->lock);
 }