diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
index bfef223957728213c167db31c61c26b15f723240..92cca512b38eb61f625dd808a36ca54356e08b67 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/smsc47m1.c
@@ -139,8 +139,7 @@ struct smsc47m1_sio_data {
 };
 
 
-static int smsc47m1_probe(struct platform_device *pdev);
-static int __devexit smsc47m1_remove(struct platform_device *pdev);
+static int __exit smsc47m1_remove(struct platform_device *pdev);
 static struct smsc47m1_data *smsc47m1_update_device(struct device *dev,
 		int init);
 
@@ -160,8 +159,7 @@ static struct platform_driver smsc47m1_driver = {
 		.owner	= THIS_MODULE,
 		.name	= DRVNAME,
 	},
-	.probe		= smsc47m1_probe,
-	.remove		= __devexit_p(smsc47m1_remove),
+	.remove		= __exit_p(smsc47m1_remove),
 };
 
 static ssize_t get_fan(struct device *dev, struct device_attribute
@@ -562,7 +560,7 @@ static int smsc47m1_handle_resources(unsigned short address, enum chips type,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int __devinit smsc47m1_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int __init smsc47m1_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
 	struct smsc47m1_sio_data *sio_data = dev->platform_data;
@@ -720,7 +718,7 @@ static int __devinit smsc47m1_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int __devexit smsc47m1_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int __exit smsc47m1_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct smsc47m1_data *data = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	struct resource *res;
@@ -845,27 +843,27 @@ static int __init sm_smsc47m1_init(void)
 	if (smsc47m1_find(&address, &sio_data))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
-	err = platform_driver_register(&smsc47m1_driver);
+	/* Sets global pdev as a side effect */
+	err = smsc47m1_device_add(address, &sio_data);
 	if (err)
 		goto exit;
 
-	/* Sets global pdev as a side effect */
-	err = smsc47m1_device_add(address, &sio_data);
+	err = platform_driver_probe(&smsc47m1_driver, smsc47m1_probe);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit_driver;
+		goto exit_device;
 
 	return 0;
 
-exit_driver:
-	platform_driver_unregister(&smsc47m1_driver);
+exit_device:
+	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
 exit:
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void __exit sm_smsc47m1_exit(void)
 {
-	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
 	platform_driver_unregister(&smsc47m1_driver);
+	platform_device_unregister(pdev);
 }
 
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Mark D. Studebaker <mdsxyz123@yahoo.com>");