diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c12986495e71..3a2126584a23 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4181,13 +4181,6 @@ static void nvme_alloc_ns(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, struct nvme_ns_info *info)
 	nvme_mpath_add_disk(ns, info->anagrpid);
 	nvme_fault_inject_init(&ns->fault_inject, ns->disk->disk_name);
 
-	/*
-	 * Set ns->disk->device->driver_data to ns so we can access
-	 * ns->head->passthru_err_log_enabled in
-	 * nvme_io_passthru_err_log_enabled_[store | show]().
-	 */
-	dev_set_drvdata(disk_to_dev(ns->disk), ns);
-
 	return;
 
  out_cleanup_ns_from_list: