diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
index 0a32ca5ad58c..7217ee5d6273 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/sun/sunbmac.c
@@ -1259,8 +1259,6 @@ static int bigmac_sbus_remove(struct platform_device *op)
 
 	free_netdev(net_dev);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(&op->dev, NULL);
-
 	return 0;
 }