diff --git a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
index a2dd3b6b7fec1..7cd14d6b9436a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
+++ b/sound/soc/fsl/fsl-asoc-card.c
@@ -720,6 +720,7 @@ static int fsl_asoc_card_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	/* Initialize sound card */
 	priv->pdev = pdev;
 	priv->card.dev = &pdev->dev;
+	priv->card.owner = THIS_MODULE;
 	ret = snd_soc_of_parse_card_name(&priv->card, "model");
 	if (ret) {
 		snprintf(priv->name, sizeof(priv->name), "%s-audio",