diff --git a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/brcmstb_thermal.c b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/brcmstb_thermal.c
index 0b73abdaa792a..9674e5ffcfa27 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/broadcom/brcmstb_thermal.c
+++ b/drivers/thermal/broadcom/brcmstb_thermal.c
@@ -334,7 +334,6 @@ static int brcmstb_thermal_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return PTR_ERR(priv->tmon_base);
 
 	priv->dev = &pdev->dev;
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, priv);
 	of_ops = priv->temp_params->of_ops;
 
 	thermal = devm_thermal_of_zone_register(&pdev->dev, 0, priv,