diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
index 4025aabe0604..68f0fed6d31e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtw89/pci.c
@@ -2694,7 +2694,6 @@ static int rtw89_pci_claim_device(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 static void rtw89_pci_declaim_device(struct rtw89_dev *rtwdev,
 				     struct pci_dev *pdev)
 {
-	pci_clear_master(pdev);
 	pci_disable_device(pdev);
 }