diff --git a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
index de05b64f0da695708f2c5ef201c5438c96946d88..142729914c347fc305e32449c11f637a44ad654f 100644
--- a/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
+++ b/drivers/pinctrl/pinctrl-exynos5440.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ static int exynos5440_gpio_direction_output(struct gpio_chip *gc, unsigned offse
 }
 
 /* parse the pin numbers listed in the 'samsung,exynos5440-pins' property */
-static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt_pins(struct platform_device *pdev,
+static int exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt_pins(struct platform_device *pdev,
 			struct device_node *cfg_np, unsigned int **pin_list,
 			unsigned int *npins)
 {
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt_pins(struct platform_device *pdev,
  * Parse the information about all the available pin groups and pin functions
  * from device node of the pin-controller.
  */
-static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
+static int exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct exynos5440_pinctrl_priv_data *priv)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_parse_dt(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 
 /* register the pinctrl interface with the pinctrl subsystem */
-static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
+static int exynos5440_pinctrl_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct exynos5440_pinctrl_priv_data *priv)
 {
 	struct device *dev = &pdev->dev;
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static int __init exynos5440_pinctrl_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 
 /* register the gpiolib interface with the gpiolib subsystem */
-static int __init exynos5440_gpiolib_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
+static int exynos5440_gpiolib_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct exynos5440_pinctrl_priv_data *priv)
 {
 	struct gpio_chip *gc;
@@ -831,7 +831,7 @@ static int __init exynos5440_gpiolib_register(struct platform_device *pdev,
 }
 
 /* unregister the gpiolib interface with the gpiolib subsystem */
-static int __init exynos5440_gpiolib_unregister(struct platform_device *pdev,
+static int exynos5440_gpiolib_unregister(struct platform_device *pdev,
 				struct exynos5440_pinctrl_priv_data *priv)
 {
 	int ret = gpiochip_remove(priv->gc);