diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
index 9a3379c49541..15f519ce7e0b 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -527,7 +527,7 @@ void ipoib_mcast_send(struct net_device *dev, u8 *daddr, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_restart_task(struct work_struct *work);
 void ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev);
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev);
+void ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev);
 
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_down(struct net_device *dev);
 void ipoib_mcast_dev_flush(struct net_device *dev);
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
index 9bfa514473d5..86e4ed64e4e2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/ulp/ipoib/ipoib_multicast.c
@@ -680,15 +680,13 @@ void ipoib_mcast_start_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&priv->lock, flags);
 }
 
-int ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
+void ipoib_mcast_stop_thread(struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct ipoib_dev_priv *priv = ipoib_priv(dev);
 
 	ipoib_dbg_mcast(priv, "stopping multicast thread\n");
 
 	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&priv->mcast_task);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int ipoib_mcast_leave(struct net_device *dev, struct ipoib_mcast *mcast)