diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
index 9e4a0aa7d341..79fd1fa95bf2 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
@@ -665,12 +665,6 @@ static int dw_spi_setup(struct spi_device *spi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void dw_spi_cleanup(struct spi_device *spi)
-{
-	struct chip_data *chip = spi_get_ctldata(spi);
-	kfree(chip);
-}
-
 static int init_queue(struct dw_spi *dws)
 {
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&dws->queue);
@@ -800,7 +794,6 @@ int dw_spi_add_host(struct device *dev, struct dw_spi *dws)
 	master->bits_per_word_mask = SPI_BPW_MASK(8) | SPI_BPW_MASK(16);
 	master->bus_num = dws->bus_num;
 	master->num_chipselect = dws->num_cs;
-	master->cleanup = dw_spi_cleanup;
 	master->setup = dw_spi_setup;
 	master->transfer = dw_spi_transfer;
 	master->max_speed_hz = dws->max_freq;