diff --git a/Documentation/rpmsg.txt b/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
index 1d884269e40c..a95e36a43288 100644
--- a/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
+++ b/Documentation/rpmsg.txt
@@ -254,18 +254,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_sample_client = {
 	.callback	= rpmsg_sample_cb,
 	.remove		= rpmsg_sample_remove,
 };
-
-static int __init init(void)
-{
-	return register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_sample_client);
-}
-module_init(init);
-
-static void __exit fini(void)
-{
-	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_sample_client);
-}
-module_exit(fini);
+module_rpmsg_driver(rpmsg_sample_client);
 
 Note: a similar sample which can be built and loaded can be found
 in samples/rpmsg/.
diff --git a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
index 82ed288dcf07..d0e249c90668 100644
--- a/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
+++ b/samples/rpmsg/rpmsg_client_sample.c
@@ -82,18 +82,7 @@ static struct rpmsg_driver rpmsg_sample_client = {
 	.callback	= rpmsg_sample_cb,
 	.remove		= rpmsg_sample_remove,
 };
-
-static int __init rpmsg_client_sample_init(void)
-{
-	return register_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_sample_client);
-}
-module_init(rpmsg_client_sample_init);
-
-static void __exit rpmsg_client_sample_fini(void)
-{
-	unregister_rpmsg_driver(&rpmsg_sample_client);
-}
-module_exit(rpmsg_client_sample_fini);
+module_rpmsg_driver(rpmsg_sample_client);
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Remote processor messaging sample client driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");