diff --git a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-thunder.c b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-thunder.c
index cb1761693b69..822d2cdd2f35 100644
--- a/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-thunder.c
+++ b/drivers/net/mdio/mdio-thunder.c
@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ static void thunder_mdiobus_pci_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 			continue;
 
 		mdiobus_unregister(bus->mii_bus);
-		mdiobus_free(bus->mii_bus);
 		oct_mdio_writeq(0, bus->register_base + SMI_EN);
 	}
 	pci_release_regions(pdev);