diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
index 8d5bd2e367765e55fadedd78c86df0bbfee62d29..cb2f8399d6926932ce6509b2d1a379a42d31c435 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-sh.c
@@ -770,8 +770,6 @@ static int __exit sh_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	clk_disable(rtc->clk);
 	clk_put(rtc->clk);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	kfree(rtc);
 
 	return 0;