diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
index eae0eda9ff39..9966124ad988 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@ static int pps_gpio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct pps_gpio_device_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	pps_unregister_source(data->pps);
 	dev_info(&pdev->dev, "removed IRQ %d as PPS source\n", data->irq);
 	return 0;