diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
index 9952f3a792bad..161bef9a73f9c 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/ghes.c
@@ -1444,8 +1444,6 @@ static int ghes_remove(struct platform_device *ghes_dev)
 
 	kfree(ghes);
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(ghes_dev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }