diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
index d825eb021b22ef6154ee5f1960156cad078b17a7..e999ac2de34e8995da60cdb471e603f909560853 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
@@ -1434,6 +1434,7 @@ u32 mvpp2_read(struct mvpp2 *priv, u32 offset);
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_init(struct mvpp2 *priv, const char *name);
 
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv);
+void mvpp2_dbgfs_exit(void);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MVPP2_PTP
 int mvpp22_tai_probe(struct device *dev, struct mvpp2 *priv);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
index 4a3baa7e0142416d7ca15d9677362c9c29e5b986..75e83ea2a926e9ab57cd52aeb5f13da06ed87fd0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
@@ -691,6 +691,13 @@ static int mvpp2_dbgfs_port_init(struct dentry *parent,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *mvpp2_root;
+
+void mvpp2_dbgfs_exit(void)
+{
+	debugfs_remove(mvpp2_root);
+}
+
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(priv->dbgfs_dir);
@@ -700,10 +707,9 @@ void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv)
 
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_init(struct mvpp2 *priv, const char *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *mvpp2_dir, *mvpp2_root;
+	struct dentry *mvpp2_dir;
 	int ret, i;
 
-	mvpp2_root = debugfs_lookup(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
 	if (!mvpp2_root)
 		mvpp2_root = debugfs_create_dir(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 9d5c06a433a69afe053258dac439cf2093ae28d0..765ec3bc11adde97d41d4cc4a11cc9f9f45a3b95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -7171,7 +7171,18 @@ static struct platform_driver mvpp2_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-module_platform_driver(mvpp2_driver);
+static int __init mvpp2_driver_init(void)
+{
+	return platform_driver_register(&mvpp2_driver);
+}
+module_init(mvpp2_driver_init);
+
+static void __exit mvpp2_driver_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_driver_unregister(&mvpp2_driver);
+	mvpp2_dbgfs_exit();
+}
+module_exit(mvpp2_driver_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Marvell PPv2 Ethernet Driver - www.marvell.com");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com>");