diff --git a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
index 9a507e77eced18cc433792f651761dd137b75d62..feb24c43d4c7d45d2f5715f9f921af333071783f 100644
--- a/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
+++ b/drivers/remoteproc/remoteproc_core.c
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ static int rproc_handle_vdev(struct rproc *rproc, struct fw_rsc_vdev *rsc,
 			goto unwind_vring_allocations;
 	}
 
-	/* track the rvdevs list reference */
-	kref_get(&rvdev->refcount);
-
 	list_add_tail(&rvdev->node, &rproc->rvdevs);
 
 	rproc_add_subdev(rproc, &rvdev->subdev,