diff --git a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9090.c b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9090.c
index 7a1825418ee4..99c046ba46bb 100644
--- a/sound/soc/codecs/wm9090.c
+++ b/sound/soc/codecs/wm9090.c
@@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ static int wm9090_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *i2c,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int wm9090_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
+static int __devexit wm9090_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *i2c)
 {
 	struct wm9090_priv *wm9090 = i2c_get_clientdata(i2c);