diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
index eadbfb6b5000..7483efb6dc67 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-mcbsp.c
@@ -814,8 +814,6 @@ static int asoc_mcbsp_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	clk_put(mcbsp->fclk);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }