diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c b/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
index d03b5be31255..9e922df6a710 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/nocodec.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 static struct snd_soc_card sof_nocodec_card = {
 	.name = "nocodec", /* the sof- prefix is added by the core */
+	.owner = THIS_MODULE
 };
 
 static int sof_nocodec_bes_setup(struct device *dev,