diff --git a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
index 3f9ac7dbdc80141e15737105b8c29a0f5317caba..ccfb41c22e53b11cedbf5d8272a56a757ad283d1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
+++ b/sound/soc/omap/omap-hdmi-audio.c
@@ -393,7 +393,6 @@ static int omap_hdmi_audio_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver hdmi_audio_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRV_NAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = omap_hdmi_audio_probe,
 	.remove = omap_hdmi_audio_remove,