diff --git a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
index 3ef0092..ef3325b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ppp_generic.c
@@ -2684,8 +2684,7 @@
 	if (atomic_read(&ppp_unit_count) || atomic_read(&channel_count))
 		printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: removing module but units remain!\n");
 	cardmap_destroy(&all_ppp_units);
-	if (unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp") != 0)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: failed to unregister PPP device\n");
+	unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp");
 	device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0));
 	class_destroy(ppp_class);
 }