1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
index 380fa0c8cc84..d27061b39324 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-probe.c
@@ -646,8 +646,6 @@ static int ide_register_port(ide_hwif_t *hwif)
                 goto out;
         }
 
-        get_device(&hwif->gendev);
-
         hwif->portdev = device_create_drvdata(ide_port_class, &hwif->gendev,
                                               MKDEV(0, 0), hwif, hwif->name);
         if (IS_ERR(hwif->portdev)) {