diff --git a/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c b/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
index 25382612e48a..a8e0dd5d30c4 100644
--- a/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
+++ b/drivers/pcmcia/omap_cf.c
@@ -305,7 +305,13 @@ static int __exit omap_cf_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static struct platform_driver omap_cf_driver = {
+/*
+ * omap_cf_remove() lives in .exit.text. For drivers registered via
+ * platform_driver_probe() this is ok because they cannot get unbound at
+ * runtime. So mark the driver struct with __refdata to prevent modpost
+ * triggering a section mismatch warning.
+ */
+static struct platform_driver omap_cf_driver __refdata = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= driver_name,
 	},