diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
index 6d13b5156c97..99b23b2e32dd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/proc.c
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ static int comedi_proc_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations comedi_proc_fops = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		= comedi_proc_open,
 	.read		= seq_read,
 	.llseek		= seq_lseek,