1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c b/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c
index 855832207369..7950fc678ed1 100644
--- a/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c
+++ b/drivers/message/fusion/mptlan.c
@@ -1421,8 +1421,6 @@ mpt_register_lan_device (MPT_ADAPTER *mpt_dev, int pnum)
         dlprintk((KERN_INFO MYNAM ": Finished registering dev "
                 "and setting initial values\n"));
 
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
-
         if (register_netdev(dev) != 0) {
                 free_netdev(dev);
                 dev = NULL;