diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
index a752e938979a..31cf9f98b4bc 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/intel/ipu-bridge.c
@@ -342,11 +342,6 @@ static int ipu_bridge_connect_sensor(const struct ipu_sensor_config *cfg,
 		}
 
 		sensor = &bridge->sensors[bridge->n_sensors];
-		/*
-		 * Borrow our adev ref to the sensor for now, on success
-		 * acpi_dev_get(adev) is done further below.
-		 */
-		sensor->adev = adev;
 
 		ret = ipu_bridge_parse_ssdb(adev, sensor);
 		if (ret)