diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
index b67ef59851250f6c442cf1dedfa0a88db5230ce9..42e1c48eef2866a5968863895114b633d1e4e2a5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/msm/msm_drv.c
@@ -987,7 +987,6 @@ static struct platform_driver msm_platform_driver = {
 	.probe      = msm_pdev_probe,
 	.remove     = msm_pdev_remove,
 	.driver     = {
-		.owner  = THIS_MODULE,
 		.name   = "msm",
 		.of_match_table = dt_match,
 		.pm     = &msm_pm_ops,