diff --git a/drivers/spi/spidev.c b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
index cb7147e0a573989fa2f1d1a73155eb808aece66c..f4a7a287b7f15fc53999224cab9871081291f57b 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/spidev.c
+++ b/drivers/spi/spidev.c
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ static struct class *spidev_class;
 
 /*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
 
-static int spidev_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
+static int __devinit spidev_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct spidev_data	*spidev;
 	int			status;
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ static int spidev_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 	return status;
 }
 
-static int spidev_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
+static int __devexit spidev_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
 	struct spidev_data	*spidev = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
 
@@ -632,7 +632,7 @@ static int spidev_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct spi_driver spidev_spi = {
+static struct spi_driver spidev_spi_driver = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name =		"spidev",
 		.owner =	THIS_MODULE,
@@ -664,14 +664,14 @@ static int __init spidev_init(void)
 
 	spidev_class = class_create(THIS_MODULE, "spidev");
 	if (IS_ERR(spidev_class)) {
-		unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi.driver.name);
+		unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi_driver.driver.name);
 		return PTR_ERR(spidev_class);
 	}
 
-	status = spi_register_driver(&spidev_spi);
+	status = spi_register_driver(&spidev_spi_driver);
 	if (status < 0) {
 		class_destroy(spidev_class);
-		unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi.driver.name);
+		unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi_driver.driver.name);
 	}
 	return status;
 }
@@ -679,9 +679,9 @@ module_init(spidev_init);
 
 static void __exit spidev_exit(void)
 {
-	spi_unregister_driver(&spidev_spi);
+	spi_unregister_driver(&spidev_spi_driver);
 	class_destroy(spidev_class);
-	unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi.driver.name);
+	unregister_chrdev(SPIDEV_MAJOR, spidev_spi_driver.driver.name);
 }
 module_exit(spidev_exit);