diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
index 5c4e1f625bbb8481910565a225189159e472ea3e..84eb2db855342b2a7b850df56eed15d58a5bc0bb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_si_intf.c
@@ -2751,7 +2751,6 @@ static struct of_device_id ipmi_match[] =
 static struct platform_driver ipmi_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DEVICE_NAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = ipmi_match,
 	},
 	.probe		= ipmi_probe,