diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/armada-370-db.c b/sound/soc/kirkwood/armada-370-db.c
index c44333849259..de7563bdc5c2 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/armada-370-db.c
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/armada-370-db.c
@@ -134,7 +134,6 @@ static const struct of_device_id a370db_dt_ids[] = {
 static struct platform_driver a370db_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "a370db-audio",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(a370db_dt_ids),
 	},
 	.probe		= a370db_probe,
diff --git a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
index 0704cd6d2314..def7d8260c4e 100644
--- a/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
+++ b/sound/soc/kirkwood/kirkwood-i2s.c
@@ -657,7 +657,6 @@ static struct platform_driver kirkwood_i2s_driver = {
 	.remove = kirkwood_i2s_dev_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = DRV_NAME,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(mvebu_audio_of_match),
 	},
 };