diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
index 383e551f3bc7..26860882fd91 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/max98373-sdw.c
@@ -872,7 +872,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(sdw, max98373_id);
 static struct sdw_driver max98373_sdw_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "max98373",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(max98373_of_match),
 		.acpi_match_table = ACPI_PTR(max98373_acpi_match),
 		.pm = &max98373_pm,