diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c
index 21cb0c5e5b31a368872fbcbdd0b2f77b8cf92f32..cb93295c9f629152bbc76fe0377ffa7ee1e71bd6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae3_unregister_ae_algo);
  * @ae_dev: the AE device
  * NOTE: the duplicated name will not be checked
  */
-int hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev)
+void hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev)
 {
 	const struct pci_device_id *id;
 	struct hnae3_ae_algo *ae_algo;
@@ -224,7 +224,6 @@ int hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev)
 
 		if (!ae_dev->ops) {
 			dev_err(&ae_dev->pdev->dev, "ae_dev ops are null\n");
-			ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 
@@ -251,8 +250,6 @@ int hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev)
 
 out_err:
 	mutex_unlock(&hnae3_common_lock);
-
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hnae3_register_ae_dev);
 
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
index ffec2318cf5081b6ad545dd14d1fb03aa628d273..ea6e6ead28a1e86635b5ac753e4d1faeb5a4375f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hnae3.h
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ struct hnae3_handle {
 #define hnae_get_bit(origin, shift) \
 	hnae_get_field((origin), (0x1 << (shift)), (shift))
 
-int hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev);
+void hnae3_register_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev);
 void hnae3_unregister_ae_dev(struct hnae3_ae_dev *ae_dev);
 
 void hnae3_unregister_ae_algo(struct hnae3_ae_algo *ae_algo);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
index af9e90f8710987c578295e7be1265dc11ff5f5d2..ac75b5d6a25275f52ae6c77a52683225481785b1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/hisilicon/hns3/hns3_enet.c
@@ -1576,9 +1576,7 @@ static int hns3_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *ent)
 	ae_dev->dev_type = HNAE3_DEV_KNIC;
 	pci_set_drvdata(pdev, ae_dev);
 
-	ret = hnae3_register_ae_dev(ae_dev);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	hnae3_register_ae_dev(ae_dev);
 
 	if (hns3_is_phys_func(pdev) && IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PCI_IOV))
 		hns3_enable_sriov(pdev);