diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
index a407e833c612..fb896b2c9ba3 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-spdif.c
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ static int imx_spdif_audio_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		goto end;
 	}
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, data);
-
 end:
 	of_node_put(spdif_np);