diff --git a/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c b/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
index 869d7ff2227f..eb78e9640c4a 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/clock_ops.c
@@ -169,8 +169,7 @@ void pm_clk_init(struct device *dev)
  */
 int pm_clk_create(struct device *dev)
 {
-	int ret = dev_pm_get_subsys_data(dev);
-	return ret < 0 ? ret : 0;
+	return dev_pm_get_subsys_data(dev);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/drivers/base/power/common.c b/drivers/base/power/common.c
index a14085cc613f..39c32529b833 100644
--- a/drivers/base/power/common.c
+++ b/drivers/base/power/common.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 int dev_pm_get_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
 {
 	struct pm_subsys_data *psd;
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	psd = kzalloc(sizeof(*psd), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!psd)
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ int dev_pm_get_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
 		dev->power.subsys_data = psd;
 		pm_clk_init(dev);
 		psd = NULL;
-		ret = 1;
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&dev->power.lock);
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ int dev_pm_get_subsys_data(struct device *dev)
 	/* kfree() verifies that its argument is nonzero. */
 	kfree(psd);
 
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dev_pm_get_subsys_data);