diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
index 92e460d4f3d1..ecb4396707cf 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c
@@ -973,9 +973,6 @@ static int fsl_lpspi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 				spi_controller_get_devdata(controller);
 
 	pm_runtime_disable(fsl_lpspi->dev);
-
-	spi_master_put(controller);
-
 	return 0;
 }