diff --git a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
index 5e81494e9a9ad9d35e368e941d5a40cac3be8462..90630672703d1c1886e169b4e718d44c0357899b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
+++ b/drivers/net/phy/mdio_bus.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ int __init mdio_bus_init(void)
 	return bus_register(&mdio_bus_type);
 }
 
-void __exit mdio_bus_exit(void)
+void mdio_bus_exit(void)
 {
 	bus_unregister(&mdio_bus_type);
 }