diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
index 2a16a559bdda1cf8caf0bc7967962841deba94c9..0c85f140e616c65af8eb33cf9c59d847a44c4b6d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/cma.c
@@ -4459,8 +4459,7 @@ static int cma_get_id_stats(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 }
 
 static const struct ibnl_client_cbs cma_cb_table[] = {
-	[RDMA_NL_RDMA_CM_ID_STATS] = { .dump = cma_get_id_stats,
-				       .module = THIS_MODULE },
+	[RDMA_NL_RDMA_CM_ID_STATS] = { .dump = cma_get_id_stats},
 };
 
 static int cma_init_net(struct net *net)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index 06f7ba31fbdd09dff34a011168e304c6c6eec735..cd9b7e7b7d2c5bc2b98f644172970a0c027f42cf 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -180,12 +180,10 @@ static int ibnl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		cb.skb = skb;
 		cb.nlh = nlh;
 		cb.dump = rdma_nl_types[index].cb_table[op].dump;
-		cb.module = rdma_nl_types[index].cb_table[op].module;
 		return cb.dump(skb, &cb);
 	}
 
 	c.dump = rdma_nl_types[index].cb_table[op].dump;
-	c.module = rdma_nl_types[index].cb_table[op].module;
 	return netlink_dump_start(nls, skb, nlh, &c);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
index aadf0ab963b2036c81d8607a2cd2b811b1200a08..c124d8e43fc86ab11e76c58c7f42072126fbdfc6 100644
--- a/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
+++ b/include/rdma/rdma_netlink.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 struct ibnl_client_cbs {
 	int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *nlcb);
-	struct module *module;
 };
 
 /**