diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index ad2a14174ae0..3823d3ffb760 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ void bd_set_size(struct block_device *bdev, loff_t size)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bd_set_size);
 
-static int __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part);
+static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part);
 
 /*
  * bd_mutex locking:
@@ -1400,9 +1400,8 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 	return blkdev_get(bdev, filp->f_mode, filp);
 }
 
-static int __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
+static void __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	struct gendisk *disk = bdev->bd_disk;
 	struct block_device *victim = NULL;
 
@@ -1441,10 +1440,9 @@ static int __blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode, int for_part)
 	bdput(bdev);
 	if (victim)
 		__blkdev_put(victim, mode, 1);
-	return ret;
 }
 
-int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
+void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
@@ -1488,15 +1486,15 @@ int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode)
 
 	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
 
-	return __blkdev_put(bdev, mode, 0);
+	__blkdev_put(bdev, mode, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_put);
 
 static int blkdev_close(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(filp->f_mapping->host);
-
-	return blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, filp->f_mode);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static long block_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 3dc48cc8b6eb..6356665a74bb 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -362,22 +362,19 @@ fail:
 /*
  * Release the journal device
  */
-static int ext3_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
+static void ext3_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	return blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
 }
 
-static int ext3_blkdev_remove(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi)
+static void ext3_blkdev_remove(struct ext3_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
-
 	bdev = sbi->journal_bdev;
 	if (bdev) {
-		ret = ext3_blkdev_put(bdev);
+		ext3_blkdev_put(bdev);
 		sbi->journal_bdev = NULL;
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline struct inode *orphan_list_entry(struct list_head *l)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 24a146bde742..94cc84db7c9a 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -703,22 +703,19 @@ fail:
 /*
  * Release the journal device
  */
-static int ext4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
+static void ext4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
-	return blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ|FMODE_WRITE|FMODE_EXCL);
 }
 
-static int ext4_blkdev_remove(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
+static void ext4_blkdev_remove(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi)
 {
 	struct block_device *bdev;
-	int ret = -ENODEV;
-
 	bdev = sbi->journal_bdev;
 	if (bdev) {
-		ret = ext4_blkdev_put(bdev);
+		ext4_blkdev_put(bdev);
 		sbi->journal_bdev = NULL;
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline struct inode *orphan_list_entry(struct list_head *l)
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
index f4891bde8851..8485978993e8 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ struct bl_msg_hdr {
 /* blocklayoutdev.c */
 ssize_t bl_pipe_downcall(struct file *, const char __user *, size_t);
 void bl_pipe_destroy_msg(struct rpc_pipe_msg *);
-int nfs4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev);
+void nfs4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev);
 struct pnfs_block_dev *nfs4_blk_decode_device(struct nfs_server *server,
 						struct pnfs_device *dev);
 int nfs4_blk_process_layoutget(struct pnfs_layout_hdr *lo,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
index a86c5bdad9e3..04303b5c9361 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdev.c
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ static int decode_sector_number(__be32 **rp, sector_t *sp)
 /*
  * Release the block device
  */
-int nfs4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
+void nfs4_blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev)
 {
 	dprintk("%s for device %d:%d\n", __func__, MAJOR(bdev->bd_dev),
 			MINOR(bdev->bd_dev));
-	return blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
+	blkdev_put(bdev, FMODE_READ);
 }
 
 ssize_t bl_pipe_downcall(struct file *filp, const char __user *src,
diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
index 6fc7b5cae92b..8999cfddd866 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayoutdm.c
@@ -88,14 +88,8 @@ out:
  */
 static void nfs4_blk_metadev_release(struct pnfs_block_dev *bdev)
 {
-	int rv;
-
 	dprintk("%s Releasing\n", __func__);
-	rv = nfs4_blkdev_put(bdev->bm_mdev);
-	if (rv)
-		printk(KERN_ERR "NFS: %s nfs4_blkdev_put returns %d\n",
-				__func__, rv);
-
+	nfs4_blkdev_put(bdev->bm_mdev);
 	dev_remove(bdev->net, bdev->bm_mdev->bd_dev);
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
index afcadcc03e8a..742fdd4c209a 100644
--- a/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
+++ b/fs/reiserfs/journal.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int flush_commit_list(struct super_block *s,
 static int can_dirty(struct reiserfs_journal_cnode *cn);
 static int journal_join(struct reiserfs_transaction_handle *th,
 			struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nblocks);
-static int release_journal_dev(struct super_block *super,
+static void release_journal_dev(struct super_block *super,
 			       struct reiserfs_journal *journal);
 static int dirty_one_transaction(struct super_block *s,
 				 struct reiserfs_journal_list *jl);
@@ -2532,23 +2532,13 @@ static void journal_list_init(struct super_block *sb)
 	SB_JOURNAL(sb)->j_current_jl = alloc_journal_list(sb);
 }
 
-static int release_journal_dev(struct super_block *super,
+static void release_journal_dev(struct super_block *super,
 			       struct reiserfs_journal *journal)
 {
-	int result;
-
-	result = 0;
-
 	if (journal->j_dev_bd != NULL) {
-		result = blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd, journal->j_dev_mode);
+		blkdev_put(journal->j_dev_bd, journal->j_dev_mode);
 		journal->j_dev_bd = NULL;
 	}
-
-	if (result != 0) {
-		reiserfs_warning(super, "sh-457",
-				 "Cannot release journal device: %i", result);
-	}
-	return result;
 }
 
 static int journal_init_dev(struct super_block *super,
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index b5a24ba83b6f..43db02e9c9fa 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ extern struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_path(const char *path, fmode_t mode,
 					       void *holder);
 extern struct block_device *blkdev_get_by_dev(dev_t dev, fmode_t mode,
 					      void *holder);
-extern int blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);
+extern void blkdev_put(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS
 extern int bd_link_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev, struct gendisk *disk);
 extern void bd_unlink_disk_holder(struct block_device *bdev,