diff --git a/drivers/nfc/pn533/i2c.c b/drivers/nfc/pn533/i2c.c
index 7507176cca0a..0207e66cee21 100644
--- a/drivers/nfc/pn533/i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/nfc/pn533/i2c.c
@@ -274,7 +274,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(i2c, pn533_i2c_id_table);
 static struct i2c_driver pn533_i2c_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		   .name = PN533_I2C_DRIVER_NAME,
-		   .owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		   .of_match_table = of_match_ptr(of_pn533_i2c_match),
 		  },
 	.probe = pn533_i2c_probe,