diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index 8dec6876dc508265084cc80314e69d6b9d25aa25..5ebee2ded9e9a8f40d2a282600b47f6cb088a910 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1793,7 +1793,8 @@ static const struct proto_ops pppol2tp_ops = {
 
 static const struct pppox_proto pppol2tp_proto = {
 	.create		= pppol2tp_create,
-	.ioctl		= pppol2tp_ioctl
+	.ioctl		= pppol2tp_ioctl,
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_L2TP_V3