diff --git a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
index e30c537cce32..193f242eec05 100644
--- a/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
+++ b/drivers/ata/libata-sff.c
@@ -3342,7 +3342,7 @@ int __init ata_sff_init(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void __exit ata_sff_exit(void)
+void ata_sff_exit(void)
 {
 	destroy_workqueue(ata_sff_wq);
 }