diff --git a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
index c713aeb..c06233f 100644
--- a/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
+++ b/Documentation/cdrom/cdrom-standard.tex
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@
 it may have as many structures $<device>_info$ as there are minor devices
 active. $Register_cdrom()$ builds a linked list from these. 
 
-\subsection{$Int\ unregister_cdrom(struct\ cdrom_device_info * cdi)$}
+\subsection{$Void\ unregister_cdrom(struct\ cdrom_device_info * cdi)$}
 
 Unregistering device $cdi$ with minor number $MINOR(cdi\to dev)$ removes
 the minor device from the list. If it was the last registered minor for
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index c4213b7..663a7f7 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@
 }
 #undef ENSURE
 
-int unregister_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
+void unregister_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi)
 {
 	cdinfo(CD_OPEN, "entering unregister_cdrom\n"); 
 
@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@
 
 	cdi->ops->n_minors--;
 	cdinfo(CD_REG_UNREG, "drive \"/dev/%s\" unregistered\n", cdi->name);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int cdrom_get_media_event(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi,
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
index 4e2bbcc..71ec426 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/gdrom.c
@@ -827,7 +827,9 @@
 	del_gendisk(gd.disk);
 	if (gdrom_major)
 		unregister_blkdev(gdrom_major, GDROM_DEV_NAME);
-	return unregister_cdrom(gd.cd_info);
+	unregister_cdrom(gd.cd_info);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct platform_driver gdrom_driver = {
diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
index cac06bc..b74b6c2 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/viocd.c
@@ -650,10 +650,7 @@
 {
 	struct disk_info *d = &viocd_diskinfo[vdev->unit_address];
 
-	if (unregister_cdrom(&d->viocd_info) != 0)
-		printk(VIOCD_KERN_WARNING
-				"Cannot unregister viocd CD-ROM %s!\n",
-				d->viocd_info.name);
+	unregister_cdrom(&d->viocd_info);
 	del_gendisk(d->viocd_disk);
 	blk_cleanup_queue(d->viocd_disk->queue);
 	put_disk(d->viocd_disk);
diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
index 3960002..fe5aefb 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-cd.c
@@ -2032,9 +2032,8 @@
 
 	kfree(info->buffer);
 	kfree(info->toc);
-	if (devinfo->handle == drive && unregister_cdrom(devinfo))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "%s: %s failed to unregister device from the cdrom "
-				"driver.\n", __FUNCTION__, drive->name);
+	if (devinfo->handle == drive)
+		unregister_cdrom(devinfo);
 	drive->dsc_overlap = 0;
 	drive->driver_data = NULL;
 	blk_queue_prep_rq(drive->queue, NULL);
diff --git a/include/linux/cdrom.h b/include/linux/cdrom.h
index 40e05d0..5db265e 100644
--- a/include/linux/cdrom.h
+++ b/include/linux/cdrom.h
@@ -995,7 +995,7 @@
 extern int cdrom_media_changed(struct cdrom_device_info *);
 
 extern int register_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi);
-extern int unregister_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi);
+extern void unregister_cdrom(struct cdrom_device_info *cdi);
 
 typedef struct {
     int data;