diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/cs4349.c b/sound/soc/codecs/cs4349.c
index 0d010c2b6021..0ac8fc5ed4ae 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/cs4349.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/cs4349.c
@@ -378,7 +378,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, cs4349_i2c_id);
 static struct i2c_driver cs4349_i2c_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name		= "cs4349",
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= cs4349_of_match,
 	},
 	.id_table	= cs4349_i2c_id,