diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
index 3ce5bc38ac3180b015548271eeeb0b6a3c6c5543..671913e63458e07781e0dd3966e56f5c13b2dfb1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-stmpe.c
@@ -431,7 +431,6 @@ static int stmpe_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (irq >= 0)
 		free_irq(irq, stmpe_gpio);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	kfree(stmpe_gpio);
 
 	return 0;