diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
index ee3b1a4e08485b16893192bc72b4e9d25a6a04df..8fa6796787f4b3f892515fffdf667d3afad2d3b8 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/davinci_mmc.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static int davinci_mmcsd_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __exit davinci_mmcsd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static void davinci_mmcsd_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct mmc_davinci_host *host = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ static struct platform_driver davinci_mmcsd_driver = {
 		.of_match_table = davinci_mmc_dt_ids,
 	},
 	.probe		= davinci_mmcsd_probe,
-	.remove_new	= __exit_p(davinci_mmcsd_remove),
+	.remove_new	= davinci_mmcsd_remove,
 	.id_table	= davinci_mmc_devtype,
 };