diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
index 952c68259c40..1e4a980a63b7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/me_daq.c
@@ -760,7 +760,6 @@ static void me_detach(struct comedi_device *dev)
 	if (pcidev) {
 		if (dev->iobase)
 			comedi_pci_disable(pcidev);
-		pci_dev_put(pcidev);
 	}
 }