diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_gpio.c b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_gpio.c
index 0badc90be66681302e8999e998b8c4167bc72207..0695d26bd301d8ab2cc7e0070e2aca8c1fa4ed1f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_gpio.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/cpm_gpio.c
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ static struct platform_driver cpm_gpio_driver = {
 	.probe		= cpm_gpio_probe,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "cpm-gpio",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= cpm_gpio_match,
 	},
 };