diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
index 6b09d6fa4f7e1d66718735c9b6d1d282f9d16043..71a6efe5d8bd572455c1305a07734af70194d581 100644
--- a/fs/exec.c
+++ b/fs/exec.c
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ int get_dumpable(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	return (ret >= 2) ? 2 : ret;
 }
 
-int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
+void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	struct core_state core_state;
 	char corename[CORENAME_MAX_SIZE + 1];
@@ -1842,5 +1842,5 @@ int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs)
 	put_cred(cred);
 	coredump_finish(mm);
 fail:
-	return retval;
+	return;
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/binfmts.h b/include/linux/binfmts.h
index 0d0150b4901e1c62f90a631d3bad9d7ce5e7288a..77b4a9e4600485318a141597a9cd226e2c922f4c 100644
--- a/include/linux/binfmts.h
+++ b/include/linux/binfmts.h
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ extern int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm * bprm,
 extern int bprm_mm_init(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern int copy_strings_kernel(int argc,char ** argv,struct linux_binprm *bprm);
 extern void install_exec_creds(struct linux_binprm *bprm);
-extern int do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs * regs);
+extern void do_coredump(long signr, int exit_code, struct pt_regs *regs);
 extern int set_binfmt(struct linux_binfmt *new);
 extern void free_bprm(struct linux_binprm *);