diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
index 35412d2922e22772516a1d7d88ecfdfb9c0c808e..48ce9a66907c85aded14501d5d2bc357e87b1dc5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8187se/r8180_core.c
@@ -3268,7 +3268,6 @@ static int rtl8180_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 
 	DMESG("wlan driver load failed\n");
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	return ret;
 }