diff --git a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
index 01faca3a238a..bb9f8475ce59 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/apei/einj-core.c
@@ -903,7 +903,7 @@ static void __exit einj_exit(void)
 	if (einj_initialized)
 		platform_driver_unregister(&einj_driver);
 
-	platform_device_del(einj_dev);
+	platform_device_unregister(einj_dev);
 }
 
 module_init(einj_init);