diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
index 4caacb05a62324e404811e45768ec17eed0973ea..cd146d4fa8054fb0980abdda8a9fc506c1c4ef98 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-wm8962.c
@@ -257,6 +257,7 @@ static int imx_wm8962_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (ret)
 		goto clk_fail;
 	data->card.num_links = 1;
+	data->card.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	data->card.dai_link = &data->dai;
 	data->card.dapm_widgets = imx_wm8962_dapm_widgets;
 	data->card.num_dapm_widgets = ARRAY_SIZE(imx_wm8962_dapm_widgets);