diff --git a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
index a90a38b3afb67..baff34cc1fb89 100644
--- a/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
+++ b/media/jni/android_media_tv_Tuner.cpp
@@ -1203,7 +1203,6 @@ JTuner::~JTuner() {
 
     env->DeleteWeakGlobalRef(mObject);
     env->DeleteGlobalRef(mClass);
-    mTunerClient = nullptr;
     mFeClient = nullptr;
     mDemuxClient = nullptr;
     mClass = nullptr;