struct lcs_channel *channel;
        struct lcs_buffer *iob;
        int buf_idx;
-       int rc;
 
        channel = (struct lcs_channel *) data;
        LCS_DBF_TEXT_(5, trace, "tlet%s", dev_name(&channel->ccwdev->dev));
        channel->buf_idx = buf_idx;
 
        if (channel->state == LCS_CH_STATE_STOPPED)
-               // FIXME: what if rc != 0 ??
-               rc = lcs_start_channel(channel);
+               lcs_start_channel(channel);
        spin_lock_irqsave(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
        if (channel->state == LCS_CH_STATE_SUSPENDED &&
-           channel->iob[channel->io_idx].state == LCS_BUF_STATE_READY) {
-               // FIXME: what if rc != 0 ??
-               rc = __lcs_resume_channel(channel);
-       }
+           channel->iob[channel->io_idx].state == LCS_BUF_STATE_READY)
+               __lcs_resume_channel(channel);
        spin_unlock_irqrestore(get_ccwdev_lock(channel->ccwdev), flags);
 
        /* Something happened on the channel. Wake up waiters. */