1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ewrk3.c b/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
index cb0792c187ba..6a5d0436e89e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ewrk3.c
@@ -356,7 +356,6 @@ struct net_device * __init ewrk3_probe(int unit)
                 sprintf(dev->name, "eth%d", unit);
                 netdev_boot_setup_check(dev);
         }
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
 
         err = ewrk3_probe1(dev, dev->base_addr, dev->irq);
         if (err)