diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
index e9fe3fb6d109..58d58f002559 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/ti/davinci_emac.c
@@ -1878,8 +1878,6 @@ davinci_emac_of_get_pdata(struct platform_device *pdev, struct emac_priv *priv)
 		pdata->hw_ram_addr = auxdata->hw_ram_addr;
 	}
 
-	pdev->dev.platform_data = pdata;
-
 	return  pdata;
 }