Description of problem:
On Azure RHEL8.8 ARM64 VMs, using below command to attempt to remove kernel module hv_utils yields no errors. hv_utils is then in fact not removed. dmesg seems to indicate a reload.

1. modprobe -r hv_utils
2. dmesg
   ...
   [258680.893062] hv_utils: De-Registered HyperV Utility Driver
   [258680.897060] hv_vmbus: unregistering driver hv_utils
   [258680.942819] hv_utils: Registering HyperV Utility Driver
   [258680.946193] hv_vmbus: registering driver hv_utils
   [258680.949546] hv_utils: Shutdown IC version 3.2
   [258682.902942] hv_utils: TimeSync IC version 4.0
   [258684.292599] hv_utils: Heartbeat IC version 3.0

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
4.18.0-445.el8.aarch64

1. modinfo hv_utils
   filename: /lib/modules/4.18.0-445.el8.aarch64/kernel/drivers/hv/hv_utils.ko.xz
   license: GPL
   description: Hyper-V Utilities
   rhelversion: 8.8
   srcversion: 3ACDFFE169B9A391A9356A5
   alias: vmbus:e34bd134e4dec8419ae76b174977c192
   alias: vmbus:292efa3523ea364296ae3a6ebacba440
   alias: vmbus:e7f4a0a9455a964db8278a841e8c03e6
   alias: vmbus:394f16571591784eab55382f3bd5422d
   alias: vmbus:30e62795aed07b49adcee80ab0175caf
   alias: vmbus:31600b0e13523449818b38d90ced39db
   depends: hv_vmbus
   intree: Y
   name: hv_utils
   vermagic: 4.18.0-445.el8.aarch64 SMP mod_unload modversions aarch64
   sig_id: PKCS#7
   signer: Red Hat Enterprise Linux kernel signing key
   sig_key: 11:C7:7C:4A:BF:36:06:48:50:8E:04:9F:FD:D1:94:36:2F:9F:89:C3
   sig_hashalgo: sha256
   ...

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. # modprobe -r hv_utils or
2. # rmmod hv_utils

Actual results:
No error messages but module is not removed. dmesg indicates a reload.

Expected results:
Either this module will be successfully removed. Or an error message indicating it's in use should prompt.

Additional info:
No such issue on x86. An error message indicating module is in use will prompt.