diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
index 7db5234462d06a2c960ebf958fdddcae1f6db1f8..6214fc62ad9c6eaf5e89b730a240f8857a26baad 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/88pm860x_bl.c
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ static int pm860x_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver pm860x_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "88pm860x-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= pm860x_backlight_probe,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
index 86234c31d79c0a1afb3ae05660f3472342ed1d50..50774e6577003d6fa8f7bb6f03d079fae1191530 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/aat2870_bl.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static int aat2870_bl_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver aat2870_bl_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "aat2870-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= aat2870_bl_probe,
 	.remove		= aat2870_bl_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
index f37097a261a210f1c168def54c2ef22e6fa6e965..b56cb3f77174818ab2a36dc9cf177b43fab1e0b7 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/adp5520_bl.c
@@ -374,7 +374,6 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(adp5520_bl_pm_ops, adp5520_bl_suspend,
 static struct platform_driver adp5520_bl_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "adp5520-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm	= &adp5520_bl_pm_ops,
 	},
 	.probe		= adp5520_bl_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/as3711_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/as3711_bl.c
index bb1fc45b7549e7b0ffd4b49fc1cbce8512e4b0a5..734a9158946b1f805a3738d9e9c31f25cf8b3314 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/as3711_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/as3711_bl.c
@@ -467,7 +467,6 @@ static int as3711_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver as3711_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "as3711-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= as3711_backlight_probe,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c
index 12c5d840c5909e173fcf34492487b6409f479f67..f793738f06fbe142b454c7cf677ead073aef5f09 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/da903x_bl.c
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ static int da903x_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver da903x_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "da903x-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= da903x_backlight_probe,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/da9052_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/da9052_bl.c
index 20d55becaa7434e76704a7a59771ab413014b09f..d4bd74bd5070709215c6ec4db409af67c841c4e8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/da9052_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/da9052_bl.c
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ static struct platform_driver da9052_wled_driver = {
 	.id_table	= da9052_wled_ids,
 	.driver	= {
 		.name	= "da9052-wled",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
index 0d1f633c6480190d8dc90d0d122832b4e4c98174..0067931821c677b0bcb542d3aa3004633f2479ac 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/ep93xx_bl.c
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(ep93xxbl_pm_ops, ep93xxbl_suspend, ep93xxbl_resume);
 static struct platform_driver ep93xxbl_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "ep93xx-bl",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm	= &ep93xxbl_pm_ops,
 	},
 	.probe		= ep93xxbl_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
index aaead04a2d541c838e02d7611f42d0c29a1a1084..439feb2389a8cc3d70a45d7a2a3eac431d4f8db9 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/gpio_backlight.c
@@ -151,7 +151,6 @@ static struct of_device_id gpio_backlight_of_match[] = {
 static struct platform_driver gpio_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "gpio-backlight",
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(gpio_backlight_of_match),
 	},
 	.probe		= gpio_backlight_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
index cff1fbe89a1bf547ed206e7979352dfaa4b0692b..0e2337f367b61bfa0639ef62a4e3c40f01b510cd 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lm3533_bl.c
@@ -397,7 +397,6 @@ static void lm3533_bl_shutdown(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver lm3533_bl_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= "lm3533-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm	= &lm3533_bl_pm_ops,
 	},
 	.probe		= lm3533_bl_probe,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
index d6c4f6a2d43e2a1c2ec872b061ddd408217a3537..e418d5b1aa55a6973ae1dfee8968f8d7baa778ca 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/lp8788_bl.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ static struct platform_driver lp8788_bl_driver = {
 	.remove = lp8788_backlight_remove,
 	.driver = {
 		.name = LP8788_DEV_BACKLIGHT,
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 };
 module_platform_driver(lp8788_bl_driver);
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c
index 66fa08c920d25c61e492e8e639f5eea722835a36..7b738d60ecc22e27560e42c9cef0669628e4aa28 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/max8925_bl.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ static int max8925_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver max8925_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "max8925-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= max8925_backlight_probe,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/ot200_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/ot200_bl.c
index f5a5202dd79d4c1cbba5b11631f323fa5bf59ee3..3acdb9f646ed05792fa047eb5272d03a23e8eef6 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/ot200_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/ot200_bl.c
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ static int ot200_backlight_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver ot200_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "ot200-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= ot200_backlight_probe,
 	.remove		= ot200_backlight_remove,
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pandora_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pandora_bl.c
index 2e3f82063c03b7243eed9b077c14e0b081297724..5d8bb8b201835ddf96ed1a5465ed25f682a2a9e8 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pandora_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pandora_bl.c
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ static int pandora_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver pandora_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "pandora-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= pandora_backlight_probe,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/platform_lcd.c b/drivers/video/backlight/platform_lcd.c
index c3d2e209fc8f5b2ed148c30deeb5bffe970756a2..872a3bf21fafc014a5ee0453d9001485543b95ff 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/platform_lcd.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/platform_lcd.c
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, platform_lcd_of_match);
 static struct platform_driver platform_lcd_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "platform-lcd",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm	= &platform_lcd_pm_ops,
 		.of_match_table = of_match_ptr(platform_lcd_of_match),
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
index d7a3d13e72ec3900232c34ab35d121eadfff2683..20963ed5077d63d76f308d8a1184664c637ae302 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/pwm_bl.c
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops pwm_backlight_pm_ops = {
 static struct platform_driver pwm_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name		= "pwm-backlight",
-		.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 		.pm		= &pwm_backlight_pm_ops,
 		.of_match_table	= of_match_ptr(pwm_backlight_of_match),
 	},
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/tps65217_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/tps65217_bl.c
index 2e04d93aa0efe0a8e687279d81e58c1f2d257d7a..61d72bffd402f25c2abc10266c4241c32ce006e5 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/tps65217_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/tps65217_bl.c
@@ -323,7 +323,6 @@ static int tps65217_bl_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver tps65217_bl_driver = {
 	.probe		= tps65217_bl_probe,
 	.driver		= {
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.name	= "tps65217-bl",
 	},
 };
diff --git a/drivers/video/backlight/wm831x_bl.c b/drivers/video/backlight/wm831x_bl.c
index 8b9455e9306930027b4fa20454b2ac837d8b4ff9..6f596161916debdaff57f1fdedfefa269448c999 100644
--- a/drivers/video/backlight/wm831x_bl.c
+++ b/drivers/video/backlight/wm831x_bl.c
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ static int wm831x_backlight_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 static struct platform_driver wm831x_backlight_driver = {
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "wm831x-backlight",
-		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 	},
 	.probe		= wm831x_backlight_probe,
 };