diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
index 8d6c77e41177e..0c6902884db0b 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/i915_drv.c
@@ -1375,8 +1375,6 @@ i915_driver_create(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 	}
 
-	i915->drm.dev_private = i915;
-
 	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, i915);
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
index 3b8986983afca..754d0eb6beaae 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/selftests/mock_gem_device.c
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ struct drm_i915_private *mock_gem_device(void)
 		goto put_device;
 	}
 	i915->drm.pdev = pdev;
-	i915->drm.dev_private = i915;
 
 	intel_runtime_pm_init_early(&i915->runtime_pm);