diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
index 46911b67b0398b53798aeb455c48b861c2416e15..23f60bc5d48f5e2d3b6e0ad3db2e7e7166d7d697 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2.h
@@ -1107,5 +1107,6 @@ void mvpp2_percpu_write_relaxed(struct mvpp2 *priv, int cpu, u32 offset,
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_init(struct mvpp2 *priv, const char *name);
 
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv);
+void mvpp2_dbgfs_exit(void);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
index f9744a61e5dd6fc6282eddca38b2718dac899e12..d77414e1e704b25eb013e0ba590be60d98e53e95 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_debugfs.c
@@ -660,6 +660,13 @@ static int mvpp2_dbgfs_port_init(struct dentry *parent,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static struct dentry *mvpp2_root;
+
+void mvpp2_dbgfs_exit(void)
+{
+	debugfs_remove(mvpp2_root);
+}
+
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(priv->dbgfs_dir);
@@ -667,10 +674,9 @@ void mvpp2_dbgfs_cleanup(struct mvpp2 *priv)
 
 void mvpp2_dbgfs_init(struct mvpp2 *priv, const char *name)
 {
-	struct dentry *mvpp2_dir, *mvpp2_root;
+	struct dentry *mvpp2_dir;
 	int ret, i;
 
-	mvpp2_root = debugfs_lookup(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
 	if (!mvpp2_root) {
 		mvpp2_root = debugfs_create_dir(MVPP2_DRIVER_NAME, NULL);
 		if (IS_ERR(mvpp2_root))
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
index 04bee450eb3d062fb729ddcf04c24dcf2063c767..beb79455adc7e7248cb7965bf55890dd021e24cc 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/mvpp2/mvpp2_main.c
@@ -5412,7 +5412,18 @@ static struct platform_driver mvpp2_driver = {
 	},
 };
 
-module_platform_driver(mvpp2_driver);
+static int __init mvpp2_driver_init(void)
+{
+	return platform_driver_register(&mvpp2_driver);
+}
+module_init(mvpp2_driver_init);
+
+static void __exit mvpp2_driver_exit(void)
+{
+	platform_driver_unregister(&mvpp2_driver);
+	mvpp2_dbgfs_exit();
+}
+module_exit(mvpp2_driver_exit);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Marvell PPv2 Ethernet Driver - www.marvell.com");
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Marcin Wojtas <mw@semihalf.com>");