diff --git a/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c b/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
index ff9bb9fc97dd..49fe2bd702f7 100644
--- a/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/media/i2c/et8ek8/et8ek8_driver.c
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ err_mutex:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void __exit et8ek8_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
+static void et8ek8_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	struct v4l2_subdev *subdev = i2c_get_clientdata(client);
 	struct et8ek8_sensor *sensor = to_et8ek8_sensor(subdev);
@@ -1502,7 +1502,7 @@ 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,
 };