diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
index 6ef14442c71a08e16739da994c5e37f317cb44f9..c9ac3baf68c0258c20d5ecbd31d43dff6dda5cfd 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/raw/atmel/nand-controller.c
@@ -2629,7 +2629,9 @@ static int atmel_nand_controller_remove(struct platform_device *pdev)
 {
 	struct atmel_nand_controller *nc = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);
 
-	return nc->caps->ops->remove(nc);
+	WARN_ON(nc->caps->ops->remove(nc));
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static __maybe_unused int atmel_nand_controller_resume(struct device *dev)