diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
index b2eab34f38d96b84e61c1fa0e72b5ad4e90e2897..52843d0132be329b698d8da4518763f7f8f7b916 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-twl.c
@@ -556,7 +556,6 @@ static int twl_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	free_irq(irq, rtc);
 
 	rtc_device_unregister(rtc);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	return 0;
 }