diff --git a/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
index 04048f64a2c0..9ed8958a42bf 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/virtio-iommu.c
@@ -1261,7 +1261,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(virtio, id_table);
 
 static struct virtio_driver virtio_iommu_drv = {
 	.driver.name		= KBUILD_MODNAME,
-	.driver.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table		= id_table,
 	.feature_table		= features,
 	.feature_table_size	= ARRAY_SIZE(features),