diff --git a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
index 6e83e62ef039..8d59d83b5aa4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sunxi/sun4i-codec.c
@@ -705,7 +705,6 @@ static int sun4i_codec_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver sun4i_codec_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "sun4i-codec",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = sun4i_codec_of_match,
 	},
 	.probe = sun4i_codec_probe,