diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index 6dac79454708c831c8e828c999df19fac5bef134..bed233bf45c36d515c1ef2abafede4616124d0a2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ void ipoib_pkey_event(struct work_struct *work);
 void ipoib_ib_dev_cleanup(struct net_device *dev);
 
 int ipoib_ib_dev_open(struct net_device *dev);
-int ipoib_ib_dev_up(struct net_device *dev);
+void ipoib_ib_dev_up(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_ib_dev_down(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_ib_dev_stop(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_pkey_dev_check_presence(struct net_device *dev);
@@ -513,7 +513,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_carrier_on_task(struct work_struct *work);
 void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, u8 *daddr, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(struct work_struct *work);
-int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
+void ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
 int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_down(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
index 6f443f725fcad674bf62a5bfa64b0b2ae0aebe89..12c4f84a6639f11d1c9dce81b72b52aa094e32f7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_ib.c
@@ -755,7 +755,7 @@ void ipoib_pkey_dev_check_presence(struct net_device *dev)
 		set_bit(IPOIB_PKEY_ASSIGNED, &priv->flags);
 }
 
-int ipoib_ib_dev_up(struct net_device *dev)
+void ipoib_ib_dev_up(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 
@@ -763,12 +763,12 @@ int ipoib_ib_dev_up(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	if (!test_bit(IPOIB_PKEY_ASSIGNED, &priv->flags)) {
 		ipoib_dbg(priv, "PKEY is not assigned.\n");
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 
 	set_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_OPER_UP, &priv->flags);
 
-	return ipoib_mcast_start_thread(dev);
+	ipoib_mcast_start_thread(dev);
 }
 
 void ipoib_ib_dev_down(struct net_device *dev)
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
index c8af6377a288f25c000e7252804c3678b13478ec..e3bfa8a99ad299b1eebbd024e4420b7356d1a73a 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_main.c
@@ -126,8 +126,7 @@ int ipoib_open(struct net_device *dev)
 		goto err_disable;
 	}
 
-	if (ipoib_ib_dev_up(dev))
-		goto err_stop;
+	ipoib_ib_dev_up(dev);
 
 	if (!test_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_SUBINTERFACE, &priv->flags)) {
 		struct ipoib_dev_priv *cpriv;
@@ -150,9 +149,6 @@ int ipoib_open(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	return 0;
 
-err_stop:
-	ipoib_ib_dev_stop(dev);
-
 err_disable:
 	clear_bit(IPOIB_FLAG_ADMIN_UP, &priv->flags);
 
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index 7c6c67bbdab30b2fa9613eb24ee5f979167d0a74..69e146cdc30695cf62ab1e3ef84f25468778d492 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_join_task(struct work_struct *work)
 	spin_unlock_irq(&priv->lock);
 }
 
-int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)
+void ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	unsigned long flags;
@@ -686,8 +686,6 @@ int ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&priv->lock, flags);
 	__ipoib_mcast_schedule_join_thread(priv, NULL, 0);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)