diff --git a/drivers/rtc/interface.c b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
index 166fc60d8b55..a6b14c24d7e3 100644
--- a/drivers/rtc/interface.c
+++ b/drivers/rtc/interface.c
@@ -976,14 +976,12 @@ int rtc_timer_start(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer,
  *
  * Kernel interface to cancel an rtc_timer
  */
-int rtc_timer_cancel(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer)
+void rtc_timer_cancel(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer)
 {
-	int ret = 0;
 	mutex_lock(&rtc->ops_lock);
 	if (timer->enabled)
 		rtc_timer_remove(rtc, timer);
 	mutex_unlock(&rtc->ops_lock);
-	return ret;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/include/linux/rtc.h b/include/linux/rtc.h
index b0709f80dfb0..587017e7939c 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtc.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtc.h
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ int rtc_control(rtc_task_t *t, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 void rtc_timer_init(struct rtc_timer *timer, void (*f)(void *p), void *data);
 int rtc_timer_start(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer,
 		    ktime_t expires, ktime_t period);
-int rtc_timer_cancel(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer);
+void rtc_timer_cancel(struct rtc_device *rtc, struct rtc_timer *timer);
 void rtc_timer_do_work(struct work_struct *work);
 
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