diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
index 647928ab00a3..77258948440f 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static int davinci_mmcsd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __exit davinci_mmcsd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int davinci_mmcsd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mmc_davinci_host *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
@@ -1404,7 +1404,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mmcsd_driver = {
 		.of_match_table = davinci_mmc_dt_ids,
 	},
 	.probe		= davinci_mmcsd_probe,
-	.remove		= __exit_p(davinci_mmcsd_remove),
+	.remove		= davinci_mmcsd_remove,
 	.id_table	= davinci_mmc_devtype,
 };