diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
index 1d6da1ea7bfb..c27667a005f7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/fman/mac.c
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ static int mac_probe(struct platform_device *_of_dev)
 		__devm_release_region(dev, fman_get_mem_region(priv->fman),
 				      res.start, res.end + 1 - res.start);
 		devm_kfree(dev, mac_dev);
-		dev_set_drvdata(dev, NULL);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}