diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
index 233cfadcb21f55538310f938ff037b0dbd236225..4f5ac408c7a363b5043ed4e1df23c55b121a457d 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/mpcore_wdt.c
@@ -379,8 +379,6 @@ static int mpcore_wdt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int mpcore_wdt_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	misc_deregister(&mpcore_wdt_miscdev);
 
 	mpcore_wdt_pdev = NULL;