diff --git a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
index 5e65bc258e1b8a5d7966efd93583f48709aa90f1..bb139f06bcd649b03692d0cf01a2c0fff10222a2 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/core/driver.c
@@ -404,8 +404,9 @@ int usb_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
 }
 
 /**
- * usb_register - register a USB driver
+ * usb_register_driver - register a USB driver
  * @new_driver: USB operations for the driver
+ * @owner: module owner of this driver.
  *
  * Registers a USB driver with the USB core.  The list of unattached
  * interfaces will be rescanned whenever a new driver is added, allowing
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ int usb_device_match(struct device *dev, struct device_driver *drv)
  * usb_register_dev() to enable that functionality.  This function no longer
  * takes care of that.
  */
-int usb_register(struct usb_driver *new_driver)
+int usb_register_driver(struct usb_driver *new_driver, struct module *owner)
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 
@@ -427,7 +428,7 @@ int usb_register(struct usb_driver *new_driver)
 	new_driver->driver.bus = &usb_bus_type;
 	new_driver->driver.probe = usb_probe_interface;
 	new_driver->driver.remove = usb_unbind_interface;
-	new_driver->driver.owner = new_driver->owner;
+	new_driver->driver.owner = owner;
 	spin_lock_init(&new_driver->dynids.lock);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&new_driver->dynids.list);
 
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ int usb_register(struct usb_driver *new_driver)
 
 	return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(usb_register_driver);
 
 /**
  * usb_deregister - unregister a USB driver
diff --git a/include/linux/usb.h b/include/linux/usb.h
index 8d5829936bc4ec1d6af094081d6108b3eb63498e..3d05c63451a878353d2b16838eb64528435e48eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/usb.h
+++ b/include/linux/usb.h
@@ -625,7 +625,11 @@ struct usb_class_driver {
  * use these in module_init()/module_exit()
  * and don't forget MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(usb, ...)
  */
-extern int usb_register(struct usb_driver *);
+int usb_register_driver(struct usb_driver *, struct module *);
+static inline int usb_register(struct usb_driver *driver)
+{
+	return usb_register_driver(driver, THIS_MODULE);
+}
 extern void usb_deregister(struct usb_driver *);
 
 extern int usb_register_dev(struct usb_interface *intf,