return 0;
 }
 
-static struct pppox_sock *__delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
+static void __delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
                                        char *addr, int ifindex)
 {
        int hash = hash_item(sid, addr);
                src = &ret->next;
                ret = ret->next;
        }
-
-       return ret;
 }
 
 /**********************************************************************
        return pppox_sock;
 }
 
-static inline struct pppox_sock *delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
+static inline void delete_item(struct pppoe_net *pn, __be16 sid,
                                        char *addr, int ifindex)
 {
-       struct pppox_sock *ret;
-
        write_lock_bh(&pn->hash_lock);
-       ret = __delete_item(pn, sid, addr, ifindex);
+       __delete_item(pn, sid, addr, ifindex);
        write_unlock_bh(&pn->hash_lock);
-
-       return ret;
 }
 
 /***************************************************************************