diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index ba6f792..6a48bb8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -4223,7 +4223,7 @@
 	return err;
 }
 
-void __exit addrconf_cleanup(void)
+void addrconf_cleanup(void)
 {
 	struct net_device *dev;
 	struct inet6_ifaddr *ifa;