diff --git a/drivers/staging/android/timed_gpio.c b/drivers/staging/android/timed_gpio.c
index 8fa4758517c00fbb1e45703fb3d04098175b5982..c71ed64931ba94e6210b332181cefe3f7a0fe628 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/android/timed_gpio.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/android/timed_gpio.c
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ static struct platform_driver timed_gpio_driver = {
 	.remove		= timed_gpio_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= TIMED_GPIO_NAME,
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };