diff --git a/drivers/misc/utag/utags.c b/drivers/misc/utag/utags.c
index d76f340639f7..cf0599b91725 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/utag/utags.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/utag/utags.c
@@ -1961,11 +1961,6 @@ static int utags_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	struct ctrl *ctrl;
 	char buf[UTAGS_QNAME_SIZE];
 
-	if (!try_module_get(THIS_MODULE)) {
-		pr_err("Failed to get this utags module\n");
-		return -EIO;
-	}
-
 	ctrl = devm_kzalloc(&pdev->dev, sizeof(struct ctrl), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!ctrl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
@@ -2010,12 +2005,6 @@ static int utags_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE >= KERNEL_VERSION(5,4,0)
-	/* force this driver to be unloadable because the proc tree cannot
-	   be removed in GKI 5.4  */
-	module_put(THIS_MODULE);
-#endif
-
 	if (!strncmp(ctrl->dir_name, HW_ROOT, sizeof(HW_ROOT)))
 		ctrl->hwtag = 1;