diff --git a/drivers/cc2420/cc2420_getset.c b/drivers/cc2420/cc2420_getset.c
index caac8114a0a3e5b441268b0e78de0210d74cd84a..10e3305ae4651439db33b1ed7005d977667b95c3 100644
--- a/drivers/cc2420/cc2420_getset.c
+++ b/drivers/cc2420/cc2420_getset.c
@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ uint16_t cc2420_get_pan(cc2420_t *dev)
 
 void cc2420_set_pan(cc2420_t *dev, uint16_t pan)
 {
-    dev->netdev.pan = pan;
     cc2420_ram_write(dev, CC2420_RAM_PANID, (uint8_t *)&pan, 2);
 }