diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
index 1e06d28ac967..e93ab53bae67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/fsl-mc-allocator.c
@@ -650,7 +650,6 @@ static const struct fsl_mc_device_id match_id_table[] = {
 static struct fsl_mc_driver fsl_mc_allocator_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		   .name = "fsl_mc_allocator",
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		   .pm = NULL,
 		   },
 	.match_id_table = match_id_table,