diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
index 6471f2c6cda0..c582301a2c9c 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/drivers/adl_pci9118.c
@@ -1773,7 +1773,6 @@ static int pci9118_common_attach(struct comedi_device *dev, int disable_irq,
 	int ret, pages, i;
 	u16 u16w;
 
-	dev->board_name = this_board->name;
 	ret = comedi_pci_enable(dev);
 	if (ret)
 		return ret;