diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index ee5d306a96d0..43d405298857 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -859,7 +859,6 @@ static struct virtio_driver virtio_vsock_driver = {
 	.feature_table = features,
 	.feature_table_size = ARRAY_SIZE(features),
 	.driver.name = KBUILD_MODNAME,
-	.driver.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table = id_table,
 	.probe = virtio_vsock_probe,
 	.remove = virtio_vsock_remove,