diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/gpio_mdio.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/gpio_mdio.c
index ada33358950dcd582d106c068724c2ddb892cc95..ae3f47b25b18fa175866ee81552191e54fce50ec 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/gpio_mdio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pasemi/gpio_mdio.c
@@ -305,7 +305,6 @@ static struct platform_driver gpio_mdio_driver =
 	.remove		= gpio_mdio_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "gpio-mdio-bitbang",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = gpio_mdio_match,
 	},
 };