diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
index fb37dd927e33..bf615fa16dc8 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun8i-codec.c
@@ -589,16 +589,10 @@ static int sun8i_codec_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static int sun8i_codec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
-	struct snd_soc_card *card = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
-	struct sun8i_codec *scodec = snd_soc_card_get_drvdata(card);
-
 	pm_runtime_disable(&pdev->dev);
 	if (!pm_runtime_status_suspended(&pdev->dev))
 		sun8i_codec_runtime_suspend(&pdev->dev);
 
-	clk_disable_unprepare(scodec->clk_module);
-	clk_disable_unprepare(scodec->clk_bus);
-
 	return 0;
 }