diff --git a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
index 0f22379887ca8cb86c43d87b2880a7b9b0bf3791..18cd96284b77a3b6827473b56f94dcc3fefdb5c3 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/nfcmrvl/i2c.c
@@ -278,7 +278,6 @@ static struct i2c_driver nfcmrvl_i2c_driver = {
 	.remove = nfcmrvl_i2c_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name		= "nfcmrvl_i2c",
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(of_nfcmrvl_i2c_match),
 	},
 };