diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
index f195c65563e7..08ec87950699 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/imx/imx7-mipi-csis.c
@@ -1104,8 +1104,6 @@ static int mipi_csis_subdev_init(struct v4l2_subdev *mipi_sd,
 	state->csis_fmt = &mipi_csis_formats[0];
 	mipi_csis_init_cfg(mipi_sd, NULL);
 
-	v4l2_set_subdevdata(mipi_sd, &pdev->dev);
-
 	state->pads[CSIS_PAD_SINK].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SINK
 					 | MEDIA_PAD_FL_MUST_CONNECT;
 	state->pads[CSIS_PAD_SOURCE].flags = MEDIA_PAD_FL_SOURCE