diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-core.c b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-core.c
index 6c9ace1b76f6..2ad62c339cd2 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-core.c
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ int __init ams_init(void)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
-void ams_exit(void)
+void ams_sensor_detach(void)
 {
 	/* Remove input device */
 	ams_input_exit();
@@ -221,9 +221,6 @@ void ams_exit(void)
 	/* Remove attributes */
 	device_remove_file(&ams_info.of_dev->dev, &dev_attr_current);
 
-	/* Shut down implementation */
-	ams_info.exit();
-
 	/* Flush interrupt worker
 	 *
 	 * We do this after ams_info.exit(), because an interrupt might
@@ -239,6 +236,12 @@ void ams_exit(void)
 	pmf_unregister_irq_client(&ams_freefall_client);
 }
 
+static void __exit ams_exit(void)
+{
+	/* Shut down implementation */
+	ams_info.exit();
+}
+
 MODULE_AUTHOR("Stelian Pop, Michael Hanselmann");
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Apple Motion Sensor driver");
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-i2c.c b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-i2c.c
index 2cbf8a6506c7..abeecd27b484 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-i2c.c
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@ static int ams_i2c_probe(struct i2c_client *client,
 static int ams_i2c_remove(struct i2c_client *client)
 {
 	if (ams_info.has_device) {
+		ams_sensor_detach();
+
 		/* Disable interrupts */
 		ams_i2c_set_irq(AMS_IRQ_ALL, 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-pmu.c b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-pmu.c
index fb18b3d3162b..4f61b3ee1b08 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-pmu.c
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams-pmu.c
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ static void ams_pmu_get_xyz(s8 *x, s8 *y, s8 *z)
 
 static void ams_pmu_exit(void)
 {
+	ams_sensor_detach();
+
 	/* Disable interrupts */
 	ams_pmu_set_irq(AMS_IRQ_ALL, 0);
 
diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams.h b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams.h
index 5ed387b0bd9a..b28d7e27a031 100644
--- a/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams.h
+++ b/drivers/hwmon/ams/ams.h
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ extern struct ams ams_info;
 
 extern void ams_sensors(s8 *x, s8 *y, s8 *z);
 extern int ams_sensor_attach(void);
+extern void ams_sensor_detach(void);
 
 extern int ams_pmu_init(struct device_node *np);
 extern int ams_i2c_init(struct device_node *np);