diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
index 5bbc447175d..b2024757edd 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/auth.h
@@ -122,8 +122,8 @@ extern const struct rpc_authops	authnull_ops;
 int __init		rpc_init_authunix(void);
 int __init		rpc_init_generic_auth(void);
 int __init		rpcauth_init_module(void);
-void __exit		rpcauth_remove_module(void);
-void __exit		rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void);
+void			rpcauth_remove_module(void);
+void			rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void);
 void 			rpc_destroy_authunix(void);
 
 struct rpc_cred *	rpc_lookup_cred(void);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth.c b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
index e9eaaf7d43c..2c0d9e6093b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ out1:
 	return err;
 }
 
-void __exit rpcauth_remove_module(void)
+void rpcauth_remove_module(void)
 {
 	rpc_destroy_authunix();
 	rpc_destroy_generic_auth();
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
index 43162bb3b78..e010a015d99 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_generic.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ int __init rpc_init_generic_auth(void)
 	return rpcauth_init_credcache(&generic_auth);
 }
 
-void __exit rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void)
+void rpc_destroy_generic_auth(void)
 {
 	rpcauth_destroy_credcache(&generic_auth);
 }