diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
index 1fcb9f3f3097..c3a2e751513f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm8994.c
@@ -4391,8 +4391,6 @@ static int wm8994_codec_remove(struct snd_soc_codec *codec)
 	struct wm8994 *control = wm8994->wm8994;
 	int i;
 
-	wm8994_set_bias_level(codec, SND_SOC_BIAS_OFF);
-
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(wm8994->fll_locked); i++)
 		wm8994_free_irq(wm8994->wm8994, WM8994_IRQ_FLL1_LOCK + i,
 				&wm8994->fll_locked[i]);