diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel_wm8904.c b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel_wm8904.c
index 4052268ce462d7e2562f93f962d0bd57acfa25b5..aa354e1c6ff7ce3df7ffd898682c3040817a6a8c 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/atmel_wm8904.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/atmel_wm8904.c
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id atmel_asoc_wm8904_dt_ids[] = {
 static struct platform_driver atmel_asoc_wm8904_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "atmel-wm8904-audio",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(atmel_asoc_wm8904_dt_ids),
 	},
 	.probe = atmel_asoc_wm8904_probe,
diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/sam9g20_wm8731.c b/sound/soc/atmel/sam9g20_wm8731.c
index bb1149126c544d585cf9d2eba6d98b183ea07fea..66b66d0e751474358f6eff03d0a2ae897dddc1ad 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/sam9g20_wm8731.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/sam9g20_wm8731.c
@@ -309,7 +309,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, at91sam9g20ek_wm8731_dt_ids);
 static struct platform_driver at91sam9g20ek_audio_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "at91sam9g20ek-audio",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(at91sam9g20ek_wm8731_dt_ids),
 	},
 	.probe	= at91sam9g20ek_audio_probe,
diff --git a/sound/soc/atmel/sam9x5_wm8731.c b/sound/soc/atmel/sam9x5_wm8731.c
index 3188036a18f004ad5e68f56ef4c10e3757c43f06..ccdf547f4d8c24583bdb6c1d6f3f57b5416e0a4a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/atmel/sam9x5_wm8731.c
+++ b/sound/soc/atmel/sam9x5_wm8731.c
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, sam9x5_wm8731_of_match);
 static struct platform_driver sam9x5_wm8731_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRV_NAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(sam9x5_wm8731_of_match),
 	},
 	.probe = sam9x5_wm8731_driver_probe,