diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
index 23de22f..12bc8a0 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/panel/panel-simple.c
@@ -708,7 +708,6 @@
 static struct platform_driver panel_simple_platform_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "panel-simple",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = platform_of_match,
 	},
 	.probe = panel_simple_platform_probe,