1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/fec_8xx/fec_main.c b/drivers/net/fec_8xx/fec_main.c
index 6348fb93ca9c..6f214ab12fff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/fec_8xx/fec_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/fec_8xx/fec_main.c
@@ -1103,7 +1103,6 @@ int fec_8xx_init_one(const struct fec_platform_info *fpi,
                 err = -ENOMEM;
                 goto err;
         }
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
 
         fep = netdev_priv(dev);
         fep->dev = dev;