diff --git a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
index b5dd41d13d3d..4c8b23d1a928 100644
--- a/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
+++ b/drivers/idle/intel_idle.c
@@ -46,8 +46,6 @@
  * to avoid complications with the lapic timer workaround.
  * Have not seen issues with suspend, but may need same workaround here.
  *
- * There is currently no kernel-based automatic probing/loading mechanism
- * if the driver is built as a module.
  */
 
 /* un-comment DEBUG to enable pr_debug() statements */
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/notifier.h>
 #include <linux/cpu.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/moduleparam.h>
 #include <asm/cpu_device_id.h>
 #include <asm/intel-family.h>
 #include <asm/mwait.h>
@@ -1055,7 +1053,6 @@ static const struct x86_cpu_id intel_idle_ids[] __initconst = {
 	ICPU(INTEL_FAM6_ATOM_GOLDMONT,		idle_cpu_bxt),
 	{}
 };
-MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(x86cpu, intel_idle_ids);
 
 /*
  * intel_idle_probe()
@@ -1416,34 +1413,12 @@ static int __init intel_idle_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+device_initcall(intel_idle_init);
 
-static void __exit intel_idle_exit(void)
-{
-	struct cpuidle_device *dev;
-	int i;
-
-	cpu_notifier_register_begin();
-
-	if (lapic_timer_reliable_states != LAPIC_TIMER_ALWAYS_RELIABLE)
-		on_each_cpu(__setup_broadcast_timer, (void *)false, 1);
-	__unregister_cpu_notifier(&cpu_hotplug_notifier);
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		dev = per_cpu_ptr(intel_idle_cpuidle_devices, i);
-		cpuidle_unregister_device(dev);
-	}
-
-	cpu_notifier_register_done();
-
-	cpuidle_unregister_driver(&intel_idle_driver);
-	free_percpu(intel_idle_cpuidle_devices);
-}
-
-module_init(intel_idle_init);
-module_exit(intel_idle_exit);
-
+/*
+ * We are not really modular, but we used to support that.  Meaning we also
+ * support "intel_idle.max_cstate=..." at boot and also a read-only export of
+ * it at /sys/module/intel_idle/parameters/max_cstate -- so using module_param
+ * is the easiest way (currently) to continue doing that.
+ */
 module_param(max_cstate, int, 0444);
-
-MODULE_AUTHOR("Len Brown <len.brown@intel.com>");
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Cpuidle driver for Intel Hardware v" INTEL_IDLE_VERSION);
-MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");