diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-etraxfs.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-etraxfs.c
index 00b022c9acb316e17b398029ee78ab6c44fc94c2..a254d5b07b941ecdb2c9e2fbe8a3ab54c946ee78 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-etraxfs.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-etraxfs.c
@@ -471,9 +471,4 @@ static struct platform_driver etraxfs_gpio_driver = {
 	.probe	= etraxfs_gpio_probe,
 };
 
-static int __init etraxfs_gpio_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_register(&etraxfs_gpio_driver);
-}
-
-device_initcall(etraxfs_gpio_init);
+builtin_platform_driver(etraxfs_gpio_driver);