diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
index bb47274d920dc..ca9cd691cc324 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sun3_scsi.c
@@ -656,7 +656,13 @@ static void __exit sun3_scsi_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	iounmap(ioaddr);
 }
 
-static struct platform_driver sun3_scsi_driver = {
+/*
+ * sun3_scsi_remove() lives in .exit.text. For drivers registered via
+ * module_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 sun3_scsi_driver __refdata = {
 	.remove = __exit_p(sun3_scsi_remove),
 	.driver = {
 		.name	= DRV_MODULE_NAME,