diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
index d6563985e008..1d1c58e48f42 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/atom/sst/sst.c
@@ -370,7 +370,6 @@ void sst_context_cleanup(struct intel_sst_drv *ctx)
 	kfree(ctx->fw_in_mem);
 	ctx->fw_in_mem = NULL;
 	sst_memcpy_free_resources(ctx);
-	ctx = NULL;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sst_context_cleanup);