diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/cbmem.c b/drivers/firmware/google/cbmem.c
index c2bffdc352a3a9b194e17496602ac919f9717c0a..6f810d720f4d9e17a9186f3bdaa313fbbddf1c46 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/google/cbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/google/cbmem.c
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@ static struct coreboot_driver cbmem_entry_driver = {
 	.probe = cbmem_entry_probe,
 	.drv = {
 		.name = "cbmem",
-		.owner = THIS_MODULE,
 		.dev_groups = dev_groups,
 	},
 	.id_table = cbmem_ids,
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
index d4b6e581a6c6b1d83146595b2419e943df984672..fa7752f6e89bfb2c66dfe19c6b69cbe166d5cdd0 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
+++ b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.c
@@ -85,13 +85,15 @@ static void coreboot_device_release(struct device *dev)
 	kfree(device);
 }
 
-int coreboot_driver_register(struct coreboot_driver *driver)
+int __coreboot_driver_register(struct coreboot_driver *driver,
+			       struct module *owner)
 {
 	driver->drv.bus = &coreboot_bus_type;
+	driver->drv.owner = owner;
 
 	return driver_register(&driver->drv);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(coreboot_driver_register);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__coreboot_driver_register);
 
 void coreboot_driver_unregister(struct coreboot_driver *driver)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.h b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.h
index 86427989c57fb535f57bfe84c9c7610c916426f7..bb6f0f7299b4670d0b1f91bd7a3c038cdb412f7b 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.h
+++ b/drivers/firmware/google/coreboot_table.h
@@ -97,8 +97,12 @@ struct coreboot_driver {
 	const struct coreboot_device_id *id_table;
 };
 
+/* use a macro to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
+#define coreboot_driver_register(driver) \
+	__coreboot_driver_register(driver, THIS_MODULE)
 /* Register a driver that uses the data from a coreboot table. */
-int coreboot_driver_register(struct coreboot_driver *driver);
+int __coreboot_driver_register(struct coreboot_driver *driver,
+			       struct module *owner);
 
 /* Unregister a driver that uses the data from a coreboot table. */
 void coreboot_driver_unregister(struct coreboot_driver *driver);