diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c
index 435e35bd9c829aa433dd2efcf933b23415475f47..cb0707cbc347b6fd0ed5bbaee2fb6feb2b94db78 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/meter/ade7759.c
@@ -501,18 +501,13 @@ static int __devinit ade7759_probe(struct spi_device *spi)
 /* fixme, confirm ordering in this function */
 static int __devexit ade7759_remove(struct spi_device *spi)
 {
-	int ret;
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = spi_get_drvdata(spi);
 
 	iio_device_unregister(indio_dev);
-	ret = ade7759_stop_device(&(indio_dev->dev));
-	if (ret)
-		goto err_ret;
-
+	ade7759_stop_device(&indio_dev->dev);
 	iio_device_free(indio_dev);
 
-err_ret:
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static struct spi_driver ade7759_driver = {