diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d13a9694e159ca092dd6a2dc044729bd1ddc7760..f9006663f01e428ec13a39fb215914e750ab66de 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ KALLSYMS	= scripts/kallsyms
 PERL		= perl
 CHECK		= sparse
 
-CHECKFLAGS     := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ -Wbitwise $(CF)
+CHECKFLAGS     := -D__linux__ -Dlinux -D__STDC__ -Dunix -D__unix__ \
+		  -Wbitwise -Wno-return-void $(CF)
 MODFLAGS	= -DMODULE
 CFLAGS_MODULE   = $(MODFLAGS)
 AFLAGS_MODULE   = $(MODFLAGS)