diff --git a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
index e400c78252e8..41fe2e20d177 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/rtc-pxa.c
@@ -403,7 +403,13 @@ static int pxa_rtc_resume(struct device *dev)
 
 static SIMPLE_DEV_PM_OPS(pxa_rtc_pm_ops, pxa_rtc_suspend, pxa_rtc_resume);
 
-static struct platform_driver pxa_rtc_driver = {
+/*
+ * pxa_rtc_remove() lives in .exit.text. For drivers registered via
+ * module_platform_driver_probe() this is ok because they cannot get unbound at
+ * runtime. So mark the driver struct with __refdata to prevent modpost
+ * triggering a section mismatch warning.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver pxa_rtc_driver __refdata = {
 	.remove		= __exit_p(pxa_rtc_remove),
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= "pxa-rtc",