diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c b/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
index bb6ae4ee7deabac7775a7d819bc114078fe367df..b07b004cea13a024f4fdeb77206c9a809aae5d7c 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-xilinx.c
@@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ static int xilinx_spi_probe(struct platform_device *dev)
 static int xilinx_spi_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	xilinx_spi_deinit(platform_get_drvdata(dev));
-	platform_set_drvdata(dev, 0);
 
 	return 0;
 }