1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
index 790caeeb4ccd..21eb896f4dfd 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/dmaengine.c
@@ -514,7 +514,6 @@ struct dma_chan *__dma_request_channel(dma_cap_mask_t *mask, dma_filter_fn fn, v
                                 break;
                         if (--device->privatecnt == 0)
                                 dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, device->cap_mask);
-                        chan->private = NULL;
                         chan = NULL;
                 }
         }
@@ -536,7 +535,6 @@ void dma_release_channel(struct dma_chan *chan)
         /* drop PRIVATE cap enabled by __dma_request_channel() */
         if (--chan->device->privatecnt == 0)
                 dma_cap_clear(DMA_PRIVATE, chan->device->cap_mask);
-        chan->private = NULL;
         mutex_unlock(&dma_list_mutex);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dma_release_channel);