diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/ssp.c b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/ssp.c
index 1f5ee17a10e8..ad9529cc4203 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-pxa/ssp.c
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-pxa/ssp.c
@@ -268,7 +268,6 @@ static struct platform_driver pxa_ssp_driver = {
 	.probe		= pxa_ssp_probe,
 	.remove		= pxa_ssp_remove,
 	.driver		= {
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.name		= "pxa2xx-ssp",
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(pxa_ssp_of_ids),
 	},