diff --git a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
index 39789232646d8a2314142ccc9d98002da2d35cd8..9dd5880428803d78a3ad349d43aae049dd4f4344 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
+++ b/drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon.c
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void virtballoon_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
+static void __devexit virtballoon_remove(struct virtio_device *vdev)
 {
 	struct virtio_balloon *vb = vdev->priv;