diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
index 2016962103df5be9b858a82cca1cf355219e3b33..e90edbee313ab49109d96f9dd9b8465dbc9813b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/timer.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define TICK_SIZE (tick_nsec / 1000)
 
 unsigned long long native_sched_clock(void);
-extern int recalibrate_cpu_khz(void);
+extern void recalibrate_cpu_khz(void);
 
 extern int no_timer_check;
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
index c173dcef1f46ce51e50519741dc71c5c9e49348b..896dbe31b407b9f982f2fc8e5ac254152dcc88fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c
@@ -812,13 +812,13 @@ unsigned long native_calibrate_cpu(void)
 	return tsc_pit_min;
 }
 
-int recalibrate_cpu_khz(void)
+void recalibrate_cpu_khz(void)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
 	unsigned long cpu_khz_old = cpu_khz;
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSC))
-		return -ENODEV;
+		return;
 
 	cpu_khz = x86_platform.calibrate_cpu();
 	tsc_khz = x86_platform.calibrate_tsc();
@@ -828,10 +828,6 @@ int recalibrate_cpu_khz(void)
 		cpu_khz = tsc_khz;
 	cpu_data(0).loops_per_jiffy = cpufreq_scale(cpu_data(0).loops_per_jiffy,
 						    cpu_khz_old, cpu_khz);
-
-	return 0;
-#else
-	return -ENODEV;
 #endif
 }