diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-ws16c48.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ws16c48.c
index 65de20dfbe7a..48b35589b7d6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-ws16c48.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-ws16c48.c
@@ -372,8 +372,6 @@ static int ws16c48_probe(struct device *dev, unsigned int id)
 
 	spin_lock_init(&ws16c48gpio->lock);
 
-	dev_set_drvdata(dev, ws16c48gpio);
-
 	err = devm_gpiochip_add_data(dev, &ws16c48gpio->chip, ws16c48gpio);
 	if (err) {
 		dev_err(dev, "GPIO registering failed (%d)\n", err);