diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
index 66e7f529e92f..01faca3a238a 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
@@ -851,7 +851,7 @@ err_put_table:
 	return rc;
 }
 
-static void __exit einj_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static void einj_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct apei_exec_context ctx;