diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
index 632bd9efdc97..62acb10630f9 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/smiapp/smiapp-core.c
@@ -2565,7 +2565,7 @@ static int smiapp_registered(struct v4l2_subdev *subdev)
 
 		this->sd.flags |= V4L2_SUBDEV_FL_HAS_DEVNODE;
 		this->sd.internal_ops = &smiapp_internal_ops;
-		this->sd.owner = NULL;
+		this->sd.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 		v4l2_set_subdevdata(&this->sd, client);
 
 		rval = media_entity_init(&this->sd.entity,