diff --git a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
index b919c5361694..3da121cb8cbf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/pci-driver.c
@@ -319,12 +319,10 @@ static long local_pci_probe(void *_ddi)
 	 * its remove routine.
 	 */
 	pm_runtime_get_sync(dev);
-	pci_dev->driver = pci_drv;
 	rc = pci_drv->probe(pci_dev, ddi->id);
 	if (!rc)
 		return rc;
 	if (rc < 0) {
-		pci_dev->driver = NULL;
 		pm_runtime_put_sync(dev);
 		return rc;
 	}
@@ -390,7 +388,6 @@ static int pci_call_probe(struct pci_driver *drv, struct pci_dev *dev,
  * @pci_dev: PCI device being probed
  *
  * returns 0 on success, else error.
- * side-effect: pci_dev->driver is set to drv when drv claims pci_dev.
  */
 static int __pci_device_probe(struct pci_driver *drv, struct pci_dev *pci_dev)
 {
@@ -465,7 +462,6 @@ static void pci_device_remove(struct device *dev)
 		pm_runtime_put_noidle(dev);
 	}
 	pcibios_free_irq(pci_dev);
-	pci_dev->driver = NULL;
 	pci_iov_remove(pci_dev);
 
 	/* Undo the runtime PM settings in local_pci_probe() */
diff --git a/include/linux/pci.h b/include/linux/pci.h
index a2d62165a7f7..03bfdb25a55c 100644
--- a/include/linux/pci.h
+++ b/include/linux/pci.h
@@ -342,7 +342,6 @@ struct pci_dev {
 	u16		pcie_flags_reg;	/* Cached PCIe Capabilities Register */
 	unsigned long	*dma_alias_mask;/* Mask of enabled devfn aliases */
 
-	struct pci_driver *driver;	/* Driver bound to this device */
 	u64		dma_mask;	/* Mask of the bits of bus address this
 					   device implements.  Normally this is
 					   0xffffffff.  You only need to change