diff --git a/src/network/bridge_driver.c b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
index 0e38016e2c06c263e87ce163e5375dcbc02970a6..3a800c933bba22a7d121d6636d5b26269d315c79 100644
--- a/src/network/bridge_driver.c
+++ b/src/network/bridge_driver.c
@@ -2161,7 +2161,7 @@ networkStartNetworkVirtual(struct network_driver *driver,
     return 0;
 
  err5:
-    ignore_value(virNetDevBandwidthClear(network->def->bridge));
+    virNetDevBandwidthClear(network->def->bridge);
 
  err4:
     if (!save_err)
@@ -2206,7 +2206,7 @@ networkStartNetworkVirtual(struct network_driver *driver,
 static int networkShutdownNetworkVirtual(struct network_driver *driver,
                                         virNetworkObjPtr network)
 {
-    ignore_value(virNetDevBandwidthClear(network->def->bridge));
+    virNetDevBandwidthClear(network->def->bridge);
 
     if (network->radvdPid > 0) {
         char *radvdpidbase;
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
index b23ccd3372229745d883c53fb2ba9f6445181086..8faeae640d47eb2477bce61942853e27742c13f5 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ virNetDevBandwidthSet(const char *ifname,
         goto cleanup;
     }
 
-    ignore_value(virNetDevBandwidthClear(ifname));
+    virNetDevBandwidthClear(ifname);
 
     if (bandwidth->in) {
         if (virAsprintf(&average, "%llukbps", bandwidth->in->average) < 0)
@@ -166,12 +166,13 @@ int
 virNetDevBandwidthClear(const char *ifname)
 {
     int ret = 0;
+    int dummy; /* for ignoring the exit status */
     virCommandPtr cmd = NULL;
 
     cmd = virCommandNew(TC);
     virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "qdisc", "del", "dev", ifname, "root", NULL);
 
-    if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
+    if (virCommandRun(cmd, &dummy) < 0)
         ret = -1;
 
     virCommandFree(cmd);
@@ -179,8 +180,9 @@ virNetDevBandwidthClear(const char *ifname)
     cmd = virCommandNew(TC);
     virCommandAddArgList(cmd, "qdisc",  "del", "dev", ifname, "ingress", NULL);
 
-    if (virCommandRun(cmd, NULL) < 0)
+    if (virCommandRun(cmd, &dummy) < 0)
         ret = -1;
+
     virCommandFree(cmd);
 
     return ret;
diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.h b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.h
index 18384ae620646a3d46eb1cd2a4f267d13ae2bb92..3fc903cfe85f8c9fc748bb1bc5263bb63061f65b 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.h
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevbandwidth.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Red Hat, Inc.
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Red Hat, Inc.
  *
  * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ void virNetDevBandwidthFree(virNetDevBandwidthPtr def);
 int virNetDevBandwidthSet(const char *ifname, virNetDevBandwidthPtr bandwidth)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
 int virNetDevBandwidthClear(const char *ifname)
-    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;
+    ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1);
 int virNetDevBandwidthCopy(virNetDevBandwidthPtr *dest, const virNetDevBandwidthPtr src)
     ATTRIBUTE_NONNULL(1) ATTRIBUTE_RETURN_CHECK;