diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 7fe7bc4d6ca9..6d28eff6c493 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -758,7 +758,6 @@ i915_driver_create(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	if (IS_ERR(i915))
 		return i915;
 
-	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
 
 	/* Device parameters start as a copy of module parameters. */
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index 0188f877cab2..2a07a008de2e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 	}
 
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
-	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
 
 	dev_pm_domain_set(&pdev->dev, &pm_domain);
 	pm_runtime_enable(&pdev->dev);