diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
index 30b473cfb020..dea67d96d704 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/omap4iss/iss.c
@@ -1527,8 +1527,6 @@ static int iss_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 error_iss:
 	omap4iss_put(iss);
 error:
-	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
-
 	mutex_destroy(&iss->iss_mutex);
 
 	return ret;