diff --git a/drivers/acpi/bus.c b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
index a87b10eef77d..844c46447914 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/bus.c
@@ -995,25 +995,26 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_driver_match_device);
    -------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
 /**
- * acpi_bus_register_driver - register a driver with the ACPI bus
+ * __acpi_bus_register_driver - register a driver with the ACPI bus
  * @driver: driver being registered
+ * @owner: owning module/driver
  *
  * Registers a driver with the ACPI bus.  Searches the namespace for all
  * devices that match the driver's criteria and binds.  Returns zero for
  * success or a negative error status for failure.
  */
-int acpi_bus_register_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver)
+int __acpi_bus_register_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver, struct module *owner)
 {
 	if (acpi_disabled)
 		return -ENODEV;
 	driver->drv.name = driver->name;
 	driver->drv.bus = &acpi_bus_type;
-	driver->drv.owner = driver->owner;
+	driver->drv.owner = owner;
 
 	return driver_register(&driver->drv);
 }
 
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(acpi_bus_register_driver);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__acpi_bus_register_driver);
 
 /**
  * acpi_bus_unregister_driver - unregisters a driver with the ACPI bus
diff --git a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
index 5de954e2b18a..7453be56f855 100644
--- a/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
+++ b/include/acpi/acpi_bus.h
@@ -656,7 +656,12 @@ void acpi_scan_lock_release(void);
 void acpi_lock_hp_context(void);
 void acpi_unlock_hp_context(void);
 int acpi_scan_add_handler(struct acpi_scan_handler *handler);
-int acpi_bus_register_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
+/*
+ * use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE
+ */
+#define acpi_bus_register_driver(drv) \
+	__acpi_bus_register_driver(drv, THIS_MODULE)
+int __acpi_bus_register_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver, struct module *owner);
 void acpi_bus_unregister_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
 int acpi_bus_scan(acpi_handle handle);
 void acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start);