1 files changed, 0 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
index f83bb5cb0d3d..93da3a36cde8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tokenring/smctr.c
@@ -3583,8 +3583,6 @@ struct net_device __init *smctr_probe(int unit)
         if (!dev)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
-        SET_MODULE_OWNER(dev);
-
         if (unit >= 0) {
                 sprintf(dev->name, "tr%d", unit);
                 netdev_boot_setup_check(dev);