diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-at91.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-at91.c
index 7a9f4b19f98959df144d1887e6b8601d118b3fcb..d1556643a41d325abc7b7637ac94c694e778fedc 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-at91.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-at91.c
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ static int sdhci_at91_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver sdhci_at91_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "sdhci-at91",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = sdhci_at91_dt_match,
 		.pm	= SDHCI_PLTFM_PMOPS,
 	},