diff --git a/drivers/misc/arm-charlcd.c b/drivers/misc/arm-charlcd.c
index c72e96b523eda0e540a2968e9b376edfb36d5367..c65b5ea5d5ef44c90713bae61e9a0c461e3be93e 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/arm-charlcd.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/arm-charlcd.c
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id charlcd_match[] = {
 static struct platform_driver charlcd_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRIVERNAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm = &charlcd_pm_ops,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(charlcd_match),
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
index 60843a275abd2072e6a6a95a10cd1a739d5d5695..5305ac8dfb3ef884a4687b6312b824717d9046e8 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/atmel-ssc.c
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ static int ssc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver ssc_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "ssc",
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(atmel_ssc_dt_ids),
 	},
 	.id_table	= atmel_ssc_devtypes,
diff --git a/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c b/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
index effd8c6b2b9414bfb754bc3e805f7bd398ae1faa..347f08f2fd480a2237959752be29089edf2f1d48 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/cs5535-mfgpt.c
@@ -365,7 +365,6 @@ static int cs5535_mfgpt_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver cs5535_mfgpt_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRV_NAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe = cs5535_mfgpt_probe,
 };