diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
index 4ceced5cefcf..c9b97aeabf85 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/virtio_pmem.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_pmem_driver = {
 	.feature_table		= features,
 	.feature_table_size	= ARRAY_SIZE(features),
 	.driver.name		= KBUILD_MODNAME,
-	.driver.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table		= id_table,
 	.validate		= virtio_pmem_validate,
 	.probe			= virtio_pmem_probe,