diff --git a/drivers/mtd/onenand/generic.c b/drivers/mtd/onenand/generic.c
index 9f11562f849d..42520a39e7de 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/onenand/generic.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/onenand/generic.c
@@ -94,8 +94,6 @@ static int generic_onenand_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct resource *res = pdev->resource;
 	unsigned long size = resource_size(res);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	if (info) {
 		onenand_release(&info->mtd);
 		release_mem_region(res->start, size);