diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_dio200.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_dio200.c
index 06550c999bacde3653733401bef419ff9577e32a..2c39dc5f8d5fd741a912fc7e9bd13eefbb8e0128 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_dio200.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/amplc_dio200.c
@@ -1259,8 +1259,6 @@ static int dio200_pci_common_attach(struct comedi_device *dev,
 	unsigned long iobase;
 	int ret;
 
-	comedi_set_hw_dev(dev, &pci_dev->dev);
-
 	ret = comedi_pci_enable(pci_dev, DIO200_DRIVER_NAME);
 	if (ret < 0) {
 		dev_err(dev->class_dev,