diff --git a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
index 4e64d9e61381..d17b40bebf6f 100644
--- a/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
+++ b/drivers/media/v4l2-core/v4l2-ctrls.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,6 @@ void v4l2_ctrl_handler_free(struct v4l2_ctrl_handler *hdl)
 	kvfree(hdl->buckets);
 	hdl->buckets = NULL;
 	hdl->cached = NULL;
-	hdl->error = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(hdl->lock);
 	mutex_destroy(&hdl->_lock);
 }