diff --git a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
index bdb88dec074431659ba87ab951880fe490e9ea3e..10207daf41fe781ffe908ab7ee4fa0d44a47b2c4 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbdev/omap2/omapfb/omapfb-main.c
@@ -2619,7 +2619,7 @@ static int omapfb_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return r;
 }
 
-static int __exit omapfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int omapfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct omapfb2_device *fbdev = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
@@ -2636,7 +2636,7 @@ static int __exit omapfb_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 
 static struct platform_driver omapfb_driver = {
 	.probe		= omapfb_probe,
-	.remove         = __exit_p(omapfb_remove),
+	.remove         = omapfb_remove,
 	.driver         = {
 		.name   = "omapfb",
 		.owner  = THIS_MODULE,