diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm8998.c b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm8998.c
index c33953183013..00d7b94bc3f1 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm8998.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/qcom/pinctrl-msm8998.c
@@ -1566,7 +1566,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id msm8998_pinctrl_of_match[] = {
 static struct platform_driver msm8998_pinctrl_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "msm8998-pinctrl",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = msm8998_pinctrl_of_match,
 	},
 	.probe = msm8998_pinctrl_probe,