diff --git a/include/linux/spi/spi.h b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
index 269e8af..e2da17b 100644
--- a/include/linux/spi/spi.h
+++ b/include/linux/spi/spi.h
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@
 	return drv ? container_of(drv, struct spi_driver, driver) : NULL;
 }
 
-extern int spi_register_driver(struct spi_driver *sdrv);
+extern int __spi_register_driver(struct module *owner, struct spi_driver *sdrv);
 
 /**
  * spi_unregister_driver - reverse effect of spi_register_driver
@@ -263,6 +263,10 @@
 		driver_unregister(&sdrv->driver);
 }
 
+/* use a define to avoid include chaining to get THIS_MODULE */
+#define spi_register_driver(driver) \
+	__spi_register_driver(THIS_MODULE, driver)
+
 /**
  * module_spi_driver() - Helper macro for registering a SPI driver
  * @__spi_driver: spi_driver struct