diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c b/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
index 256acf73d5eaa1ebd10a41291a922a291b056621..4d7c4eac5e2086f73bfb910ab68f1e659d3028ab 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ static int et8ek8_probe(struct i2c_client *client)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int __exit et8ek8_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
+static int et8ek8_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	struct et8ek8_sensor *sensor = to_et8ek8_sensor(subdev);
@@ -1504,7 +1504,7 @@ static struct i2c_driver et8ek8_i2c_driver = {
 		.of_match_table	= et8ek8_of_table,
 	},
 	.probe_new	= et8ek8_probe,
-	.remove		= __exit_p(et8ek8_remove),
+	.remove		= et8ek8_remove,
 	.id_table	= et8ek8_id_table,
 };