diff --git a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
index f41bacfdc3dc39de70ff713b32f8b82b8cb7e6ff..333ad7d5b45bf34c76ce4c7a0a8e4e703e83d3f0 100644
--- a/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/pps/clients/pps-gpio.c
@@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ static struct platform_driver pps_gpio_driver = {
 	.remove		= pps_gpio_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= PPS_GPIO_NAME,
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= pps_gpio_dt_ids,
 	},
 };