diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index 57fa64f93e5f..f7f19088f3be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4912,6 +4912,7 @@ static unsigned int mdstat_poll(struct file *filp, poll_table *wait)
 }
 
 static struct file_operations md_seq_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open           = md_seq_open,
 	.read           = seq_read,
 	.llseek         = seq_lseek,