diff --git a/Documentation/rpmsg.txt b/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
index f7edc3aa1e92..1d884269e40c 100644
--- a/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
@@ -249,7 +249,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(rpmsg, rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table);
 
 static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_sample_client = {
 	.drv.name	= KBUILD_MODNAME,
-	.drv.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table	= rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table,
 	.probe		= rpmsg_sample_probe,
 	.callback	= rpmsg_sample_cb,
diff --git a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
index 59b13440813d..82ed288dcf07 100644
--- a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
+++ b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(rpmsg, rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table);
 
 static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_sample_client = {
 	.drv.name	= KBUILD_MODNAME,
-	.drv.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	.id_table	= rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table,
 	.probe		= rpmsg_sample_probe,
 	.callback	= rpmsg_sample_cb,