diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index 13b7319162c8..9ae806f45e19 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ config GPIO_UNIPHIER
 	  Say yes here to support UniPhier GPIOs.
 
 config GPIO_VF610
-	bool "VF610 GPIO support"
+	tristate "VF610 GPIO support"
 	default y if SOC_VF610
 	depends on ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
 	select GPIOLIB_IRQCHIP
diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
index 4dad7ce0c4dc..7de0d5b53d56 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpio-vf610.c
@@ -345,4 +345,6 @@ static struct platform_driver vf610_gpio_driver = {
 	.probe		= vf610_gpio_probe,
 };
 
-builtin_platform_driver(vf610_gpio_driver);
+module_platform_driver(vf610_gpio_driver);
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("VF610 GPIO driver");
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");