diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
index e06844355551..7d322f3980e1 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8192e/rtl8192e/rtl_core.c
@@ -2982,7 +2982,6 @@ static int rtl8192_pci_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
 	free_rtllib(dev);
 
 	DMESG("wlan driver load failed\n");
-	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, NULL);
 err_pci_disable:
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 	return err;