diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
index d98b198edd53..cd43ceae6f5a 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/omap2.c
@@ -810,7 +810,6 @@ static int omap2_onenand_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (c->dma_channel != -1)
 		omap_free_dma(c->dma_channel);
 	omap2_onenand_shutdown(pdev);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 	if (c->gpio_irq) {
 		free_irq(gpio_to_irq(c->gpio_irq), c);
 		gpio_free(c->gpio_irq);