diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c
index c4789b5a5d814396f600739d25bd1d43aec342d2..3513e052722f3e2c1674f414bd060d86ab1d221e 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-stm32.c
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ static int stm32_rtc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __exit stm32_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int stm32_rtc_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct stm32_rtc *rtc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 	unsigned int cr;