diff --git a/drivers/base/power/common.c b/drivers/base/power/common.c
index a1ee51d43da13ec0f48ab6d6db79425c417b2c5a..f32b802b98f4b56bc0e733fe1efe5b81b182b009 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/common.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/common.c
@@ -56,13 +56,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_get_subsys_data);
  * @dev: Device to handle.
  *
  * If the reference counter of power.subsys_data is zero after dropping the
- * reference, power.subsys_data is removed.  Return 1 if that happens or 0
- * otherwise.
+ * reference, power.subsys_data is removed.
  */
-int dev_pm_put_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
+void dev_pm_put_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct pm_subsys_data *psd;
-	int ret = 1;
 
 	spin_lock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 
@@ -70,18 +68,14 @@ int dev_pm_put_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
 	if (!psd)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (--psd->refcount == 0) {
+	if (--psd->refcount == 0)
 		dev->power.subsys_data = NULL;
-	} else {
+	else
 		psd = NULL;
-		ret = 0;
-	}
 
  out:
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
 	kfree(psd);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_put_subsys_data);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pm.h b/include/linux/pm.h
index 8b5976364619a5ad113a4a4c8bc51155a526ae38..e2f1be6dd9dd386fb1c3e6e8c62580454ff85670 100644
--- a/include/linux/pm.h
+++ b/include/linux/pm.h
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ struct dev_pm_info {
 
 extern void update_pm_runtime_accounting(struct device *dev);
 extern int dev_pm_get_subsys_data(struct device *dev);
-extern int dev_pm_put_subsys_data(struct device *dev);
+extern void dev_pm_put_subsys_data(struct device *dev);
 
 /*
  * Power domains provide callbacks that are executed during system suspend,