diff --git a/drivers/acpi/glue.c b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
index b9657af751d1..1470ae4f98c0 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/glue.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/glue.c
@@ -351,13 +351,12 @@ static int acpi_platform_notify_remove(struct device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int __init init_acpi_device_notify(void)
+void __init init_acpi_device_notify(void)
 {
 	if (platform_notify || platform_notify_remove) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX "Can't use platform_notify\n");
-		return 0;
+		return;
 	}
 	platform_notify = acpi_platform_notify;
 	platform_notify_remove = acpi_platform_notify_remove;
-	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/internal.h b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
index 9e426210c2a8..e72c6a67201f 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/internal.h
+++ b/drivers/acpi/internal.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #define PREFIX "ACPI: "
 
 acpi_status acpi_os_initialize1(void);
-int init_acpi_device_notify(void);
+void init_acpi_device_notify(void);
 int acpi_scan_init(void);
 void acpi_pci_root_init(void);
 void acpi_pci_link_init(void);