diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
index 3a863f692728..88ab81c79109 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/debugfs.txt
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ file.
 				     struct dentry *parent,
 				     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
 
-    int debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
+    void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
 			 int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
 
 The "base" argument may be 0, but you may want to build the reg32 array
diff --git a/fs/debugfs/file.c b/fs/debugfs/file.c
index 76c08c2beb2f..8e0f2f410189 100644
--- a/fs/debugfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/debugfs/file.c
@@ -692,18 +692,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_create_u32_array);
  * because some peripherals have several blocks of identical registers,
  * for example configuration of dma channels
  */
-int debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
-			   int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix)
+void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
+			  int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix)
 {
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < nregs; i++, regs++) {
 		if (prefix)
-			ret += seq_printf(s, "%s", prefix);
-		ret += seq_printf(s, "%s = 0x%08x\n", regs->name,
-				  readl(base + regs->offset));
+			seq_printf(s, "%s", prefix);
+		seq_printf(s, "%s = 0x%08x\n", regs->name,
+			   readl(base + regs->offset));
+		if (seq_has_overflowed(s))
+			break;
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(debugfs_print_regs32);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/debugfs.h b/include/linux/debugfs.h
index 4d0b4d1aa132..d84f8c254a87 100644
--- a/include/linux/debugfs.h
+++ b/include/linux/debugfs.h
@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 				     struct dentry *parent,
 				     struct debugfs_regset32 *regset);
 
-int debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
-			 int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
+void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
+			  int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix);
 
 struct dentry *debugfs_create_u32_array(const char *name, umode_t mode,
 					struct dentry *parent,
@@ -233,10 +233,9 @@ static inline struct dentry *debugfs_create_regset32(const char *name,
 	return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
 }
 
-static inline int debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
+static inline void debugfs_print_regs32(struct seq_file *s, const struct debugfs_reg32 *regs,
 			 int nregs, void __iomem *base, char *prefix)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline bool debugfs_initialized(void)