diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 5bbc447175dce88239097002e403a7957d4e42a2..b2024757edd5a7ca2d15d5bb4e149ebe8205f7eb 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ extern const struct rpc_authops	authnull_ops;
 int __init		rpc_init_authunix(void);
 int __init		rpc_init_generic_auth(void);
 int __init		rpcauth_init_module(void);
-void __exit		rpcauth_remove_module(void);
-void __exit		rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void);
+void			rpcauth_remove_module(void);
+void			rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void);
 void 			rpc_destroy_authunix(void);
 
 struct rpc_cred *	rpc_lookup_cred(void);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index e9eaaf7d43c18104167692f801794bdacf89b97e..2c0d9e6093b89b1a7d1c2ac1e6128af0cb947624 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ int __init rpcauth_init_module(void)
 	return err;
 }
 
-void __exit rpcauth_remove_module(void)
+void rpcauth_remove_module(void)
 {
 	rpc_destroy_authunix();
 	rpc_destroy_generic_auth();
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
index 43162bb3b78f47cb30c6054907839f92281f4c92..e010a015d99671f27a22573a31eae75ae6cda955 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int __init rpc_init_generic_auth(void)
 	return rpcauth_init_credcache(&generic_auth);
 }
 
-void __exit rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void)
+void rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void)
 {
 	rpcauth_destroy_credcache(&generic_auth);
 }