diff --git a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
index 282e371378ce..caf698e5f0b0 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/versatile/soc-realview.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ static struct device_attribute realview_build_attr =
 
 static int realview_soc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	static struct regmap *syscon_regmap;
+	struct regmap *syscon_regmap;
 	struct soc_device *soc_dev;
 	struct soc_device_attribute *soc_dev_attr;
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;