diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index ca5bcfe874d0afa3d01849c23b72a1c5d08846a2..c53556a1899a7558efb80d914e579792e1500f99 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -629,7 +629,6 @@ static int spidev_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 	/* make sure ops on existing fds can abort cleanly */
 	spin_lock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
 	spidev->spi = NULL;
-	spi_set_drvdata(spi, NULL);
 	spin_unlock_irq(&spidev->spi_lock);
 
 	/* prevent new opens */