diff --git a/sound/core/timer.c b/sound/core/timer.c
index 69a59b25fe0a..905176bf6948 100644
--- a/sound/core/timer.c
+++ b/sound/core/timer.c
@@ -2173,6 +2173,7 @@ static long snd_utimer_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int ioctl, unsigned lon
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations snd_utimer_fops = {
+	.owner		=	THIS_MODULE,
 	.llseek		=	noop_llseek,
 	.release	=	snd_utimer_release,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	=	snd_utimer_ioctl,