1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/abyss.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/abyss.c
index 1bdd3beefbe5..22fad5112406 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/abyss.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/abyss.c
@@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ static int __devinit abyss_attach(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_
         if (!dev)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
-
         if (!request_region(pci_ioaddr, ABYSS_IO_EXTENT, dev->name)) {
                 ret = -EBUSY;
                 goto err_out_trdev;