diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
index 5a9779bb9236aa390a84b82abedf4276d6830c2c..0f2cfecd42c0bbeeed02ee7dd4dad9ca7da1978c 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.c
@@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ int o2hb_register_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(o2hb_register_callback);
 
-int o2hb_unregister_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc)
+void o2hb_unregister_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc)
 {
 	BUG_ON(hc->hc_magic != O2HB_CB_MAGIC);
 
@@ -1690,15 +1690,13 @@ int o2hb_unregister_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc)
 	     __builtin_return_address(0), hc);
 
 	if (list_empty(&hc->hc_item))
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	down_write(&o2hb_callback_sem);
 
 	list_del_init(&hc->hc_item);
 
 	up_write(&o2hb_callback_sem);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(o2hb_unregister_callback);
 
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.h b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.h
index cac6223206a9bf80dd6afc731c084aae920d99f5..cc6d40b397715bda85d68643f90a3cb267f47580 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.h
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/heartbeat.h
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void o2hb_setup_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc,
 			 void *data,
 			 int priority);
 int o2hb_register_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc);
-int o2hb_unregister_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc);
+void o2hb_unregister_callback(struct o2hb_callback_func *hc);
 void o2hb_fill_node_map(unsigned long *map,
 			unsigned bytes);
 void o2hb_init(void);
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
index 1718215fc018cdbc7a4581e81a48eb70430d5cd0..69caf3e12fea75974bfb430a22325de20269bab4 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/cluster/tcp.c
@@ -1638,17 +1638,8 @@ static void o2net_hb_node_up_cb(struct o2nm_node *node, int node_num,
 
 void o2net_unregister_hb_callbacks(void)
 {
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = o2hb_unregister_callback(&o2net_hb_up);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Status return %d unregistering heartbeat up "
-		     "callback!\n", ret);
-
-	ret = o2hb_unregister_callback(&o2net_hb_down);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		mlog(ML_ERROR, "Status return %d unregistering heartbeat down "
-		     "callback!\n", ret);
+	o2hb_unregister_callback(&o2net_hb_up);
+	o2hb_unregister_callback(&o2net_hb_down);
 }
 
 int o2net_register_hb_callbacks(void)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c b/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
index 8fc52d6d0ce7827a75f40f40986f9ea8ef07b752..b25ef63781baafa695e64b1660d12e6d1edf2cb5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/heartbeat.c
@@ -164,8 +164,10 @@ int ocfs2_register_hb_callbacks(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 	}
 
 	status = o2hb_register_callback(&osb->osb_hb_up);
-	if (status < 0)
+	if (status < 0) {
 		mlog_errno(status);
+		o2hb_unregister_callback(&osb->osb_hb_down);
+	}
 
 bail:
 	return status;
@@ -173,18 +175,11 @@ int ocfs2_register_hb_callbacks(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 
 void ocfs2_clear_hb_callbacks(struct ocfs2_super *osb)
 {
-	int status;
-
 	if (ocfs2_mount_local(osb))
 		return;
 
-	status = o2hb_unregister_callback(&osb->osb_hb_down);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
-
-	status = o2hb_unregister_callback(&osb->osb_hb_up);
-	if (status < 0)
-		mlog_errno(status);
+	o2hb_unregister_callback(&osb->osb_hb_down);
+	o2hb_unregister_callback(&osb->osb_hb_up);
 }
 
 void ocfs2_stop_heartbeat(struct ocfs2_super *osb)