diff --git a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
index b82654e..d876ad8 100644
--- a/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
+++ b/drivers/block/aoe/aoeblk.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 static DEVICE_ATTR(mac, S_IRUGO, aoedisk_show_mac, NULL);
 static DEVICE_ATTR(netif, S_IRUGO, aoedisk_show_netif, NULL);
 static struct device_attribute dev_attr_firmware_version = {
-	.attr = { .name = "firmware-version", .mode = S_IRUGO, .owner = THIS_MODULE },
+	.attr = { .name = "firmware-version", .mode = S_IRUGO },
 	.show = aoedisk_show_fwver,
 };