diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-omap2.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-omap2.c
index eba380d7b17f18653818bdeedaa9f56386460af1..42d2b893ea67fff1096ce4b7567a247ed194c9c0 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-omap2.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-omap2.c
@@ -325,7 +325,6 @@ static int omap2_mbox_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	kfree(privblk);
 	kfree(mboxblk);
 	kfree(list);
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
 }