diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Makefile b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Makefile
index f7b07c0b5ce2..ee7e26b886a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+obj-$(CONFIG_WILC1000) += wilc1000.o
 
 ccflags-y += -DFIRMWARE_1002=\"atmel/wilc1002_firmware.bin\" \
 		-DFIRMWARE_1003=\"atmel/wilc1003_firmware.bin\"
@@ -11,9 +12,7 @@ wilc1000-objs := wilc_wfi_cfgoperations.o linux_wlan.o linux_mon.o \
 			wilc_wlan.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_WILC1000_SDIO) += wilc1000-sdio.o
-wilc1000-sdio-objs += $(wilc1000-objs)
 wilc1000-sdio-objs += wilc_sdio.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_WILC1000_SPI) += wilc1000-spi.o
-wilc1000-spi-objs += $(wilc1000-objs)
 wilc1000-spi-objs += wilc_spi.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
index 01cf4bd2e192..3b8d237decbf 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/linux_wlan.c
@@ -1038,8 +1038,8 @@ void wilc_netdev_cleanup(struct wilc *wilc)
 	}
 
 	kfree(wilc);
-	wilc_debugfs_remove();
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wilc_netdev_cleanup);
 
 static const struct net_device_ops wilc_netdev_ops = {
 	.ndo_init = mac_init_fn,
@@ -1062,7 +1062,6 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 	if (!wl)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	wilc_debugfs_init();
 	*wilc = wl;
 	wl->io_type = io_type;
 	wl->hif_func = ops;
@@ -1124,3 +1123,6 @@ int wilc_netdev_init(struct wilc **wilc, struct device *dev, int io_type,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wilc_netdev_init);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
index edc72876458d..8001df66b8c2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_debugfs.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ static struct dentry *wilc_dir;
 
 #define DBG_LEVEL_ALL	(DEBUG | INFO | WRN | ERR)
 static atomic_t WILC_DEBUG_LEVEL = ATOMIC_INIT(ERR);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(WILC_DEBUG_LEVEL);
 
 static ssize_t wilc_debug_level_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
 				     size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
@@ -87,7 +88,7 @@ static struct wilc_debugfs_info_t debugfs_info[] = {
 	},
 };
 
-int wilc_debugfs_init(void)
+static int __init wilc_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct wilc_debugfs_info_t *info;
@@ -103,10 +104,12 @@ int wilc_debugfs_init(void)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+module_init(wilc_debugfs_init);
 
-void wilc_debugfs_remove(void)
+static void __exit wilc_debugfs_remove(void)
 {
 	debugfs_remove_recursive(wilc_dir);
 }
+module_exit(wilc_debugfs_remove);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
index 6787b6e9f124..8b184aa30d25 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan.c
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ void chip_allow_sleep(struct wilc *wilc)
 	wilc->hif_func->hif_write_reg(wilc, 0xf0, reg & ~BIT(0));
 	wilc->hif_func->hif_write_reg(wilc, 0xfa, 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(chip_allow_sleep);
 
 void chip_wakeup(struct wilc *wilc)
 {
@@ -471,6 +472,7 @@ void chip_wakeup(struct wilc *wilc)
 	}
 	chip_ps_state = CHIP_WAKEDUP;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(chip_wakeup);
 
 void wilc_chip_sleep_manually(struct wilc *wilc)
 {
@@ -484,6 +486,7 @@ void wilc_chip_sleep_manually(struct wilc *wilc)
 	chip_ps_state = CHIP_SLEEPING_MANUAL;
 	release_bus(wilc, RELEASE_ONLY);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wilc_chip_sleep_manually);
 
 void host_wakeup_notify(struct wilc *wilc)
 {
@@ -491,6 +494,7 @@ void host_wakeup_notify(struct wilc *wilc)
 	wilc->hif_func->hif_write_reg(wilc, 0x10b0, 1);
 	release_bus(wilc, RELEASE_ONLY);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(host_wakeup_notify);
 
 void host_sleep_notify(struct wilc *wilc)
 {
@@ -498,6 +502,7 @@ void host_sleep_notify(struct wilc *wilc)
 	wilc->hif_func->hif_write_reg(wilc, 0x10ac, 1);
 	release_bus(wilc, RELEASE_ONLY);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(host_sleep_notify);
 
 int wilc_wlan_handle_txq(struct net_device *dev, u32 *txq_count)
 {
@@ -871,6 +876,7 @@ void wilc_handle_isr(struct wilc *wilc)
 
 	release_bus(wilc, RELEASE_ALLOW_SLEEP);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wilc_handle_isr);
 
 int wilc_wlan_firmware_download(struct wilc *wilc, const u8 *buffer,
 				u32 buffer_size)
diff --git a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
index 00d13b153f80..b81a73b9bd67 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/wilc1000/wilc_wlan_if.h
@@ -831,6 +831,4 @@ struct wilc;
 int wilc_wlan_init(struct net_device *dev);
 u32 wilc_get_chipid(struct wilc *wilc, bool update);
 
-int wilc_debugfs_init(void);
-void wilc_debugfs_remove(void);
 #endif
