diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
index 862ba03c236c..8241ed9b353c 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/omapdrm/omap_drv.c
@@ -718,7 +718,6 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops omapdrm_pm_ops = {
 static struct platform_driver pdev = {
 		.driver = {
 			.name = DRIVER_NAME,
-			.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 #ifdef CONFIG_PM
 			.pm = &omapdrm_pm_ops,
 #endif