diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
index e76e5458db35095a55204848f3c7bdc8907fe09c..8ebb7be52ee7258981597e10e9f76355eaca002e 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-wmi.c
@@ -1548,7 +1548,13 @@ static const struct dev_pm_ops hp_wmi_pm_ops = {
 	.restore  = hp_wmi_resume_handler,
 };
 
-static struct platform_driver hp_wmi_driver = {
+/*
+ * hp_wmi_bios_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 hp_wmi_driver __refdata = {
 	.driver = {
 		.name = "hp-wmi",
 		.pm = &hp_wmi_pm_ops,