1 files changed, 0 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
index a08a46224c28..b75f1c6efc42 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ixgbe/ixgbe_main.c
@@ -2548,7 +2548,6 @@ static int __devinit ixgbe_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev,
                 goto err_alloc_etherdev;
         }
 
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(netdev);
         SET_NETDEV_DEV(netdev, &pdev->dev);
 
         pci_set_drvdata(pdev, netdev);