diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
index ad4c1c5d0a7f..730755621879 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/omap-serial.c
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ err_port_line:
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static int serial_omap_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
+static void serial_omap_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 {
 	struct uart_omap_port *up = platform_get_drvdata(dev);
 
@@ -1670,8 +1670,6 @@ static int serial_omap_remove(struct platform_device *dev)
 	pm_runtime_disable(up->dev);
 	cpu_latency_qos_remove_request(&up->pm_qos_request);
 	device_init_wakeup(&dev->dev, false);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1808,7 +1806,7 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, omap_serial_of_match);
 
 static struct platform_driver serial_omap_driver = {
 	.probe          = serial_omap_probe,
-	.remove         = serial_omap_remove,
+	.remove_new     = serial_omap_remove,
 	.driver		= {
 		.name	= OMAP_SERIAL_DRIVER_NAME,
 		.pm	= &serial_omap_dev_pm_ops,