diff --git a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
index ac710dc037109..c1207aa88bdfc 100644
--- a/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
+++ b/drivers/rpmsg/qcom_glink_native.c
@@ -1417,9 +1417,7 @@ static const struct rpmsg_endpoint_ops glink_endpoint_ops = {
 static void qcom_glink_rpdev_release(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct rpmsg_device *rpdev = to_rpmsg_device(dev);
-	struct glink_channel *channel = to_glink_channel(rpdev->ept);
 
-	channel->rpdev = NULL;
 	kfree(rpdev);
 }