diff --git a/fs/pstore/inode.c b/fs/pstore/inode.c
index d8c439d813ce..ac6c78fe19cf 100644
--- a/fs/pstore/inode.c
+++ b/fs/pstore/inode.c
@@ -178,7 +178,6 @@ static loff_t pstore_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t off, int whence)
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations pstore_file_operations = {
-	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		= pstore_file_open,
 	.read		= pstore_file_read,
 	.llseek		= pstore_file_llseek,