diff --git a/drivers/media/pci/dm1105/dm1105.c b/drivers/media/pci/dm1105/dm1105.c
index 88915fb87e80..5dd504741b12 100644
--- a/drivers/media/pci/dm1105/dm1105.c
+++ b/drivers/media/pci/dm1105/dm1105.c
@@ -1206,7 +1206,6 @@ static void dm1105_remove(struct pci_dev *pdev)
 	i2c_del_adapter(&dev->i2c_adap);
 
 	dm1105_hw_exit(dev);
-	synchronize_irq(pdev->irq);
 	free_irq(pdev->irq, dev);
 	pci_iounmap(pdev, dev->io_mem);
 	pci_release_regions(pdev);