diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
index cb8723965f2f..73faf10076f4 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/imx-card.c
@@ -713,6 +713,7 @@ static int imx_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 	data->plat_data = plat_data;
 	data->card.dev = &pdev->dev;
+	data->card.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 
 	dev_set_drvdata(&pdev->dev, &data->card);
 	snd_soc_card_set_drvdata(&data->card, data);