diff --git a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
index 1bdf84925d22..f8862c6d7102 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/greybus/audio_codec.c
@@ -405,7 +405,6 @@ static void gbcodec_shutdown(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,
 	params->state = GBAUDIO_CODEC_SHUTDOWN;
 	mutex_unlock(&codec->lock);
 	pm_relax(dai->dev);
-	return;
 }
 
 static int gbcodec_hw_params(struct snd_pcm_substream *substream,