diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
index dd121f66fa2de82db949a0027cafad53b1d08225..da790db450d2baa211f6de0ca2178e37daafee2e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/sunxi/cedrus/cedrus.c
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ static struct platform_driver cedrus_driver = {
 	.remove		= cedrus_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= CEDRUS_NAME,
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(cedrus_dt_match),
 	},
 };