diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx6ul.c b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx6ul.c
index b182be729382..08e75764e7be 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx6ul.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/freescale/pinctrl-imx6ul.c
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ static int imx6ul_pinctrl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver imx6ul_pinctrl_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "imx6ul-pinctrl",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(imx6ul_pinctrl_of_match),
 	},
 	.probe = imx6ul_pinctrl_probe,