diff --git a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
index 708b9852a575..3ea9466ee5ef 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/serial/imx.c
@@ -2465,13 +2465,11 @@ static int imx_uart_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	return uart_add_one_port(&imx_uart_uart_driver, &sport->port);
 }
 
-static int imx_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
+static void imx_uart_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct imx_port *sport = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
 	uart_remove_one_port(&imx_uart_uart_driver, &sport->port);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void imx_uart_restore_context(struct imx_port *sport)
@@ -2640,7 +2638,7 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops imx_uart_pm_ops = {
 
 static struct platform_driver imx_uart_platform_driver = {
 	.probe = imx_uart_probe,
-	.remove = imx_uart_remove,
+	.remove_new = imx_uart_remove,
 
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "imx-uart",