diff --git a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
index 9a19ae6a64d9a06f158a2da2f22a761edcd6c730..38c931c480d9a8f7691f2c68aeb875b7e837e13f 100644
--- a/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
+++ b/sound/pci/rme9652/hdspm.c
@@ -1028,9 +1028,9 @@ static inline void snd_hdspm_midi_write_byte (struct hdspm *hdspm, int id,
 {
 	/* the hardware already does the relevant bit-mask with 0xff */
 	if (id)
-		return hdspm_write(hdspm, HDSPM_midiDataOut1, val);
+		hdspm_write(hdspm, HDSPM_midiDataOut1, val);
 	else
-		return hdspm_write(hdspm, HDSPM_midiDataOut0, val);
+		hdspm_write(hdspm, HDSPM_midiDataOut0, val);
 }
 
 static inline int snd_hdspm_midi_input_available (struct hdspm *hdspm, int id)