diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c b/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
index 246c8ec241485fe1575cfa205db05ef29e2fa278..7e0d3a49c06d8ec443f0b8493c617411efbf7af8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/bcm2835.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,6 @@ static int bcm2835_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		dma_release_channel(host->dma_chan_rxtx);
 
 	mmc_free_host(mmc);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }