diff --git a/net/hsr/hsr_debugfs.c b/net/hsr/hsr_debugfs.c
index 94447974a3c0..6135706f03d5 100644
--- a/net/hsr/hsr_debugfs.c
+++ b/net/hsr/hsr_debugfs.c
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ hsr_node_table_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations hsr_fops = {
-	.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open	= hsr_node_table_open,
 	.read	= seq_read,
 	.llseek = seq_lseek,