diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
index 6a78d49da5c1e5da4c3ca42f52ca79b29bec20e3..f94f6b3928fc7d7778ef1c4adb0ae52fec0d6053 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4proc.c
@@ -6286,7 +6286,7 @@ static const struct rpc_call_ops nfs4_layoutget_call_ops = {
 	.rpc_release = nfs4_layoutget_release,
 };
 
-int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
+void nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
 	struct nfs_server *server = NFS_SERVER(lgp->args.inode);
 	size_t max_pages = max_response_pages(server);
@@ -6310,7 +6310,7 @@ int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 	lgp->args.layout.pages = nfs4_alloc_pages(max_pages, gfp_flags);
 	if (!lgp->args.layout.pages) {
 		nfs4_layoutget_release(lgp);
-		return -ENOMEM;
+		return;
 	}
 	lgp->args.layout.pglen = max_pages * PAGE_SIZE;
 
@@ -6319,7 +6319,7 @@ int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 	nfs41_init_sequence(&lgp->args.seq_args, &lgp->res.seq_res, 0);
 	task = rpc_run_task(&task_setup_data);
 	if (IS_ERR(task))
-		return PTR_ERR(task);
+		return;
 	status = nfs4_wait_for_completion_rpc_task(task);
 	if (status == 0)
 		status = task->tk_status;
@@ -6327,7 +6327,7 @@ int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags)
 		status = pnfs_layout_process(lgp);
 	rpc_put_task(task);
 	dprintk("<-- %s status=%d\n", __func__, status);
-	return status;
+	return;
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
index 5ea019e80b4c5dfba13f3dd728e65c3538fe2abc..745aa1b39e7c3d1e543a1c0beae0113c99a23cac 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/pnfs.h
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ extern int nfs4_proc_getdevicelist(struct nfs_server *server,
 				   struct pnfs_devicelist *devlist);
 extern int nfs4_proc_getdeviceinfo(struct nfs_server *server,
 				   struct pnfs_device *dev);
-extern int nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags);
+extern void nfs4_proc_layoutget(struct nfs4_layoutget *lgp, gfp_t gfp_flags);
 extern int nfs4_proc_layoutreturn(struct nfs4_layoutreturn *lrp);
 
 /* pnfs.c */