diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
index d89efee6d29e051d89761c33205434aa39a1e90e..c2d6331fc712c7244a87d33ef1e2d6d3cfa7fdca 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-vt8500.c
@@ -282,8 +282,6 @@ static int vt8500_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Disable alarm matching */
 	writel(0, vt8500_rtc->regbase + VT8500_RTC_IS);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }