diff --git a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
index 42970a40d49b..b301655f91cd 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/cxlflash/main.c
@@ -1093,42 +1093,25 @@ static int wait_port_offline(__be64 __iomem *fc_regs, u32 delay_us, u32 nretry)
  * online. This toggling action can cause this routine to delay up to a few
  * seconds. When configured to use the internal LUN feature of the AFU, a
  * failure to come online is overridden.
- *
- * Return:
- *	0 when the WWPN is successfully written and the port comes back online
- *	-1 when the port fails to go offline or come back up online
  */
-static int afu_set_wwpn(struct afu *afu, int port, __be64 __iomem *fc_regs,
-			u64 wwpn)
+static void afu_set_wwpn(struct afu *afu, int port, __be64 __iomem *fc_regs,
+			 u64 wwpn)
 {
-	int rc = 0;
-
 	set_port_offline(fc_regs);
-
 	if (!wait_port_offline(fc_regs, FC_PORT_STATUS_RETRY_INTERVAL_US,
 			       FC_PORT_STATUS_RETRY_CNT)) {
 		pr_debug("%s: wait on port %d to go offline timed out\n",
 			 __func__, port);
-		rc = -1; /* but continue on to leave the port back online */
 	}
 
-	if (rc == 0)
-		writeq_be(wwpn, &fc_regs[FC_PNAME / 8]);
-
-	/* Always return success after programming WWPN */
-	rc = 0;
+	writeq_be(wwpn, &fc_regs[FC_PNAME / 8]);
 
 	set_port_online(fc_regs);
-
 	if (!wait_port_online(fc_regs, FC_PORT_STATUS_RETRY_INTERVAL_US,
 			      FC_PORT_STATUS_RETRY_CNT)) {
-		pr_err("%s: wait on port %d to go online timed out\n",
-		       __func__, port);
+		pr_debug("%s: wait on port %d to go online timed out\n",
+			 __func__, port);
 	}
-
-	pr_debug("%s: returning rc=%d\n", __func__, rc);
-
-	return rc;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1629,15 +1612,10 @@ static int init_global(struct cxlflash_cfg *cfg)
 			  [FC_CRC_THRESH / 8]);
 
 		/* Set WWPNs. If already programmed, wwpn[i] is 0 */
-		if (wwpn[i] != 0 &&
-		    afu_set_wwpn(afu, i,
-				 &afu->afu_map->global.fc_regs[i][0],
-				 wwpn[i])) {
-			dev_err(dev, "%s: failed to set WWPN on port %d\n",
-			       __func__, i);
-			rc = -EIO;
-			goto out;
-		}
+		if (wwpn[i] != 0)
+			afu_set_wwpn(afu, i,
+				     &afu->afu_map->global.fc_regs[i][0],
+				     wwpn[i]);
 		/* Programming WWPN back to back causes additional
 		 * offline/online transitions and a PLOGI
 		 */