diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
index a21b7c514776..2af8d677d4ed 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-bfin-timer.c
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ static int iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "iio_bfin_tmr_trigger",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_probe,
 	.remove = iio_bfin_tmr_trigger_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
index 8f0a2ffa7150..82c2e6d3f5a7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/trigger/iio-trig-periodic-rtc.c
@@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ static struct platform_driver iio_trig_periodic_rtc_driver = {
 	.remove = iio_trig_periodic_rtc_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "iio_prtc_trigger",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };