diff --git a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
index 573e4f3243d0527ae95c5dec90ef02694346ab82..ca3024554a2d115eba529d9cff5f79fab63b34c7 100644
--- a/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
+++ b/include/linux/gpio/driver.h
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ extern const char *gpiochip_is_requested(struct gpio_chip *chip,
 
 /* add/remove chips */
 extern int gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip);
-extern int __must_check gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip);
+extern int gpiochip_remove(struct gpio_chip *chip);
 extern struct gpio_chip *gpiochip_find(void *data,
 			      int (*match)(struct gpio_chip *chip, void *data));