diff --git a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
index 994fc4d2aca4..dc147cc2436e 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/mxs-dma.c
@@ -670,7 +670,7 @@ static enum dma_status mxs_dma_tx_status(struct dma_chan *chan,
 	return mxs_chan->status;
 }
 
-static int __init mxs_dma_init(struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma)
+static int mxs_dma_init(struct mxs_dma_engine *mxs_dma)
 {
 	int ret;
 
@@ -741,7 +741,7 @@ static struct dma_chan *mxs_dma_xlate(struct of_phandle_args *dma_spec,
 				     ofdma->of_node);
 }
 
-static int __init mxs_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static int mxs_dma_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct device_node *np = pdev->dev.of_node;
 	const struct mxs_dma_type *dma_type;
@@ -839,10 +839,7 @@ static struct platform_driver mxs_dma_driver = {
 		.name	= "mxs-dma",
 		.of_match_table = mxs_dma_dt_ids,
 	},
+	.probe = mxs_dma_probe,
 };
 
-static int __init mxs_dma_module_init(void)
-{
-	return platform_driver_probe(&mxs_dma_driver, mxs_dma_probe);
-}
-subsys_initcall(mxs_dma_module_init);
+builtin_platform_driver(mxs_dma_driver);