diff --git a/accel.c b/accel.c
index 0510b90f679da6fb84ae28ddde33396a5a770552..403eb5e94d585cf606d99cf9e5155d585633aa9e 100644
--- a/accel.c
+++ b/accel.c
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ static int accel_init_machine(AccelClass *acc, MachineState *ms)
     return ret;
 }
 
-int configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms)
+void configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms)
 {
     const char *p;
     char buf[10];
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ int configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms)
     if (init_failed) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Back to %s accelerator.\n", acc->name);
     }
-
-    return !accel_initialised;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/sysemu/accel.h b/include/sysemu/accel.h
index a74b2faf5f588db19127c9ebadb647f9f98f888d..15944c152c15d4eabbe600ded3280aeb49777324 100644
--- a/include/sysemu/accel.h
+++ b/include/sysemu/accel.h
@@ -56,6 +56,6 @@ typedef struct AccelClass {
 
 extern int tcg_tb_size;
 
-int configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms);
+void configure_accelerator(MachineState *ms);
 
 #endif