diff --git a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
index c02257f4b61c..9dad14e80bcf 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
+++ b/drivers/pci/hotplug/acpiphp_core.c
@@ -78,8 +78,7 @@ int acpiphp_register_attention(struct acpiphp_attention_info *info)
 {
 	int retval = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (info && info->owner && info->set_attn &&
-			info->get_attn && !attention_info) {
+	if (info && info->set_attn && info->get_attn && !attention_info) {
 		retval = 0;
 		attention_info = info;
 	}