diff --git a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-bus.c b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-bus.c
index 23512d096427..766a65959b01 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-bus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fsl-mc/bus/mc-bus.c
@@ -713,7 +713,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, fsl_mc_bus_match_table);
 static struct platform_driver fsl_mc_bus_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		   .name = "fsl_mc_bus",
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		   .pm = NULL,
 		   .of_match_table = fsl_mc_bus_match_table,
 		   },