diff --git a/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c b/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
index f4f1a04f8c0f3..1717e4a19dcbf 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/thermal-generic-adc.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static int gadc_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return ret;
 
 	gti->dev = &pdev->dev;
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, gti);
 
 	gti->tz_dev = devm_thermal_of_zone_register(&pdev->dev, 0, gti,
 						    &gadc_thermal_ops);