diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/rt1305.c b/sound/soc/codecs/rt1305.c
index 84043068c0b7078c8db0896e94a8e24b28af6687..f4c8c45f40103cf82f5450b93da3b7e446db3878 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/rt1305.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/rt1305.c
@@ -1172,7 +1172,6 @@ static void rt1305_i2c_shutdown(struct i2c_client *client)
 static struct i2c_driver rt1305_i2c_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "rt1305",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 #if defined(CONFIG_OF)
 		.of_match_table = rt1305_of_match,
 #endif