diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pic32.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pic32.c
index 64e1e4578492ab029c54be1e265598f611acce6f..5cfb6df5c43032e294ccc5a610637ba6e049b27f 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pic32.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pic32.c
@@ -400,7 +400,6 @@ static struct platform_driver pic32_rtc_driver = {
 	.remove		= pic32_rtc_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "pic32-rtc",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(pic32_rtc_dt_ids),
 	},
 };