diff --git a/target/linux/ipq40xx/patches-6.6/700-net-ipqess-introduce-the-Qualcomm-IPQESS-driver.patch b/target/linux/ipq40xx/patches-6.6/700-net-ipqess-introduce-the-Qualcomm-IPQESS-driver.patch
index d8805ae70f7..4910307c887 100644
--- a/target/linux/ipq40xx/patches-6.6/700-net-ipqess-introduce-the-Qualcomm-IPQESS-driver.patch
+++ b/target/linux/ipq40xx/patches-6.6/700-net-ipqess-introduce-the-Qualcomm-IPQESS-driver.patch
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ Signed-off-by: Maxime Chevallier <maxime.chevallier@bootlin.com>
 +	}
 +}
 +
-+static int __init ipqess_init(struct net_device *netdev)
++static int ipqess_init(struct net_device *netdev)
 +{
 +	struct ipqess *ess = netdev_priv(netdev);
 +	struct device_node *of_node = ess->pdev->dev.of_node;