diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
index f87bc1b4bdda60c6bf68a966eb8496e9498da8b7..2f35a72642c63a1d999ae6a1a2cd4358e1804d24 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/of_platform.c
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ static struct platform_driver of_pci_phb_driver = {
 	.probe = of_pci_phb_probe,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "of-pci",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_pci_phb_ids,
 	},
 };