diff --git a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_mode.c b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_mode.c
index e7d70ced5bfd..70701a6054c2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_mode.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/vboxvideo/vbox_mode.c
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ static int vbox_connector_init(struct drm_device *dev,
 				   dev->mode_config.suggested_x_property, 0);
 	drm_object_attach_property(&connector->base,
 				   dev->mode_config.suggested_y_property, 0);
-	drm_connector_register(connector);
 
 	drm_connector_attach_encoder(connector, encoder);