diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index 15cb8618e95..2b3570b7cae 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ void exit_files(struct task_struct *tsk)
 	}
 }
 
-static void __devinit fdtable_defer_list_init(int cpu)
+static void fdtable_defer_list_init(int cpu)
 {
 	struct fdtable_defer *fddef = &per_cpu(fdtable_defer_list, cpu);
 	spin_lock_init(&fddef->lock);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 3a353091a90..67604e59938 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ config DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH
 	  any use of code/data previously in these sections would
 	  most likely result in an oops.
 	  In the code, functions and variables are annotated with
-	  __init, __devinit, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h),
+	  __init, __cpuinit, etc. (see the full list in include/linux/init.h),
 	  which results in the code/data being placed in specific sections.
 	  The section mismatch analysis is always performed after a full
 	  kernel build, and enabling this option causes the following
diff --git a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
index 23ea9f2ae11..59b13440813 100644
--- a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
+++ b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ static int rpmsg_sample_probe(struct rpmsg_channel *rpdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void __devexit rpmsg_sample_remove(struct rpmsg_channel *rpdev)
+static void rpmsg_sample_remove(struct rpmsg_channel *rpdev)
 {
 	dev_info(&rpdev->dev, "rpmsg sample client driver is removed\n");
 }
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_sample_client = {
 	.id_table	= rpmsg_driver_sample_id_table,
 	.probe		= rpmsg_sample_probe,
 	.callback	= rpmsg_sample_cb,
-	.remove		= __devexit_p(rpmsg_sample_remove),
+	.remove		= rpmsg_sample_remove,
 };
 
 static int __init rpmsg_client_sample_init(void)
diff --git a/scripts/kernel-doc b/scripts/kernel-doc
index 28b76156781..f565536a2be 100755
--- a/scripts/kernel-doc
+++ b/scripts/kernel-doc
@@ -2079,7 +2079,6 @@ sub dump_function($$) {
     $prototype =~ s/^__inline +//;
     $prototype =~ s/^__always_inline +//;
     $prototype =~ s/^noinline +//;
-    $prototype =~ s/__devinit +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__init +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__init_or_module +//;
     $prototype =~ s/__must_check +//;