diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
index 27f13bd29c13..a21dc3ad6f88 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/virtio/virtgpu_drv.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ static int virtio_gpu_pci_quirk(struct drm_device *dev, struct virtio_device *vd
 	DRM_INFO("pci: %s detected at %s\n",
 		 vga ? "virtio-vga" : "virtio-gpu-pci",
 		 pname);
-	dev->pdev = pdev;
 	if (vga)
 		drm_fb_helper_remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers(pdev,
 								  "virtiodrmfb");