diff --git a/include/linux/sysfs.h b/include/linux/sysfs.h
index 5ffaa3443712823a3f24acce437a328e24e86fa9..f97d0dbb59fac4a128e1b41812f4fdfea45789f9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sysfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/sysfs.h
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@ static inline int __must_check sysfs_create_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 static inline void sysfs_remove_file(struct kobject *kobj,
 				     const struct attribute *attr)
 {
-	return sysfs_remove_file_ns(kobj, attr, NULL);
+	sysfs_remove_file_ns(kobj, attr, NULL);
 }
 
 static inline int sysfs_rename_link(struct kobject *kobj, struct kobject *target,