diff --git a/drivers/reset/reset-ath79.c b/drivers/reset/reset-ath79.c
index a8b8f5ea77ecd28ee8672be526ffdd6ea468b138..b5d620132052da8da5f849c7bcbb627baa57acf7 100644
--- a/drivers/reset/reset-ath79.c
+++ b/drivers/reset/reset-ath79.c
@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ static int ath79_reset_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!ath79_reset)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, ath79_reset);
-
 	ath79_reset->base = devm_platform_ioremap_resource(pdev, 0);
 	if (IS_ERR(ath79_reset->base))
 		return PTR_ERR(ath79_reset->base);