* Fills in one LLI for a certain transfer descriptor
  * and advance the counter
  */
-static int pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(struct pl08x_driver_data *pl08x,
-                           struct pl08x_txd *txd, int num_llis, int len,
-                           u32 cctl, u32 *remainder)
+static void pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(struct pl08x_driver_data *pl08x,
+       struct pl08x_txd *txd, int num_llis, int len, u32 cctl, u32 *remainder)
 {
        struct pl08x_lli *llis_va = txd->llis_va;
        dma_addr_t llis_bus = txd->llis_bus;
        BUG_ON(*remainder < len);
 
        *remainder -= len;
-
-       return num_llis + 1;
 }
 
 /*
                                 "less than a bus width (remain 0x%08x)\n",
                                 __func__, remainder);
                        cctl = pl08x_cctl_bits(cctl, 1, 1, 1);
-                       num_llis =
-                               pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis, 1,
+                       pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis++, 1,
                                        cctl, &remainder);
                        total_bytes++;
                }
                                 "(remain 0x%08x)\n",
                                 __func__, remainder);
                        cctl = pl08x_cctl_bits(cctl, 1, 1, 1);
-                       num_llis = pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc
-                               (pl08x, txd, num_llis, 1, cctl, &remainder);
+                       pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis++, 1,
+                                       cctl, &remainder);
                        total_bytes++;
                }
 
                                dev_vdbg(&pl08x->adev->dev,
                                        "%s fill lli with single lli chunk of size 0x%08zx (remainder 0x%08zx)\n",
                                        __func__, lli_len, remainder);
-                               num_llis = pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd,
-                                               num_llis, lli_len, cctl,
-                                               &remainder);
+                               pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis++,
+                                               lli_len, cctl, &remainder);
                                total_bytes += lli_len;
                        }
 
                                        dev_vdbg(&pl08x->adev->dev,
                                                "%s align with boundary, single byte (remain 0x%08zx)\n",
                                                __func__, remainder);
-                                       num_llis =
-                                               pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x,
-                                                       txd, num_llis, 1,
-                                                       cctl, &remainder);
+                                       pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd,
+                                                       num_llis++, 1, cctl,
+                                                       &remainder);
                                        total_bytes++;
                                }
                        }
                        dev_vdbg(&pl08x->adev->dev,
                                "%s align with boundary, single odd byte (remain %zu)\n",
                                __func__, remainder);
-                       num_llis = pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis,
-                                       1, cctl, &remainder);
+                       pl08x_fill_lli_for_desc(pl08x, txd, num_llis++, 1,
+                                       cctl, &remainder);
                        total_bytes++;
                }
        }