diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_acpi.c b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_acpi.c
index 3abc29e8a9287d133636d97fe74a96687c953bc0..f1180ffdc393ad7a768ed832844b527119059bac 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_acpi.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/sst/sst_acpi.c
@@ -366,7 +366,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(acpi, sst_acpi_ids);
 static struct platform_driver sst_acpi_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name			= "intel_sst_acpi",
-		.owner			= THIS_MODULE,
 		.acpi_match_table	= ACPI_PTR(sst_acpi_ids),
 		.pm			= &intel_sst_pm,
 	},