diff --git a/drivers/dma/pxa_dma.c b/drivers/dma/pxa_dma.c
index e756a30ccba2c9b46ea24b036a369b7aa0b07b8d..1966c526fdbcb65cf681deb900a6e5668d58d625 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/pxa_dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/pxa_dma.c
@@ -318,7 +318,6 @@ static int dbg_open_##name(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) \
 	return single_open(file, dbg_show_##name, inode->i_private); \
 } \
 static const struct file_operations dbg_fops_##name = { \
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE, \
 	.open		= dbg_open_##name, \
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek, \
 	.read		= seq_read, \