--- drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c
+++ drivers/lirc_dev/lirc_dev.c
@@ -880,8 +880,7 @@
 	return SUCCESS;
 
 out_unregister:
-	if(unregister_chrdev(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, IRCTL_DEV_NAME))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "lirc_dev: unregister_chrdev failed!\n");
+	unregister_chrdev(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, IRCTL_DEV_NAME);
 out:
 	return -1;
 }
@@ -905,15 +904,11 @@
  */
 void cleanup_module(void)
 {
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = unregister_chrdev(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, IRCTL_DEV_NAME);
+	unregister_chrdev(IRCTL_DEV_MAJOR, IRCTL_DEV_NAME);
 	class_destroy(lirc_class);
 
-	if(ret)
-		printk("lirc_dev: error in module_unregister_chrdev: %d\n", ret);
-	else
-		dprintk("lirc_dev: module successfully unloaded\n");
+	dprintk("lirc_dev: module successfully unloaded\n");
 }
 
 MODULE_DESCRIPTION("LIRC base driver module");