diff --git a/include/linux/compaction.h b/include/linux/compaction.h
index 34bce35c808d..52a9ff65faee 100644
--- a/include/linux/compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/compaction.h
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ static inline bool compaction_withdrawn(enum compact_result result)
 bool compaction_zonelist_suitable(struct alloc_context *ac, int order,
 					int alloc_flags);
 
-extern int kcompactd_run(int nid);
+extern void kcompactd_run(int nid);
 extern void kcompactd_stop(int nid);
 extern void wakeup_kcompactd(pg_data_t *pgdat, int order, int highest_zoneidx);
 
@@ -212,9 +212,8 @@ static inline bool compaction_withdrawn(enum compact_result result)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static inline int kcompactd_run(int nid)
+static inline void kcompactd_run(int nid)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 static inline void kcompactd_stop(int nid)
 {
diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c
index baf654b5e073..2e838992b324 100644
--- a/mm/compaction.c
+++ b/mm/compaction.c
@@ -3016,21 +3016,18 @@ static int kcompactd(void *p)
  * This kcompactd start function will be called by init and node-hot-add.
  * On node-hot-add, kcompactd will moved to proper cpus if cpus are hot-added.
  */
-int kcompactd_run(int nid)
+void kcompactd_run(int nid)
 {
 	pg_data_t *pgdat = NODE_DATA(nid);
-	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (pgdat->kcompactd)
-		return 0;
+		return;
 
 	pgdat->kcompactd = kthread_run(kcompactd, pgdat, "kcompactd%d", nid);
 	if (IS_ERR(pgdat->kcompactd)) {
 		pr_err("Failed to start kcompactd on node %d\n", nid);
-		ret = PTR_ERR(pgdat->kcompactd);
 		pgdat->kcompactd = NULL;
 	}
-	return ret;
 }
 
 /*