diff --git a/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c b/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
index fe8fd7367e21..e5190aa588c6 100644
--- a/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
+++ b/sound/soc/qcom/sm8250.c
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ static int sm8250_platform_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	if (!card)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	card->owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	/* Allocate the private data */
 	data = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*data), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!data)