diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
index 975dc2d8e548..ff57a46388ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sis/sis900.c
@@ -576,7 +576,6 @@ static int sis900_probe(struct pci_dev *pci_dev,
 err_out_unmap:
 	pci_iounmap(pci_dev, ioaddr);
 err_out_cleardev:
-	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, NULL);
 	pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
  err_out:
 	free_netdev(net_dev);
@@ -2427,7 +2426,6 @@ static void sis900_remove(struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 	pci_iounmap(pci_dev, sis_priv->ioaddr);
 	free_netdev(net_dev);
 	pci_release_regions(pci_dev);
-	pci_set_drvdata(pci_dev, NULL);
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM