diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index ad2a141..3823d3f 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_set_size);
 
-static int __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part);
+static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part);
 
 /*
  * bd_mutex locking:
@@ -1400,9 +1400,8 @@
 	return blkdev_get(bdev, filp->f_mode, filp);
 }
 
-static int __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
+static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
 	struct block_device *victim = NULL;
 
@@ -1441,10 +1440,9 @@
 	bdput(bdev);
 	if (victim)
 		__blkdev_put(victim, mode, 1);
-	return ret;
 }
 
-int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
+void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
@@ -1488,15 +1486,15 @@
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
-	return __blkdev_put(bdev, mode, 0);
+	__blkdev_put(bdev, mode, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_put);
 
 static int blkdev_close(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(filp->f_mapping->host);
-
-	return blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static long block_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)