static void dock_remove_acpi_device(acpi_handle handle)
 {
        struct acpi_device *device;
-       int ret;
 
-       if (!acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device)) {
-               ret = acpi_bus_trim(device);
-               if (ret)
-                       pr_debug("error removing bus, %x\n", -ret);
-       }
+       if (!acpi_bus_get_device(handle, &device))
+               acpi_bus_trim(device);
 }
 
 /**
 
        ACPI_DEBUG_PRINT((ACPI_DB_INFO,
                "Hot-removing device %s...\n", dev_name(&device->dev)));
 
-       if (acpi_bus_trim(device)) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR PREFIX
-                               "Removing device failed\n");
-               goto err_out;
-       }
-
-       /* device has been freed */
+       acpi_bus_trim(device);
+       /* Device node has been released. */
        device = NULL;
 
        /* power off device */
        return AE_OK;
 }
 
-int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
+void acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start)
 {
        /*
         * Execute acpi_bus_device_detach() as a post-order callback to detach
        acpi_walk_namespace(ACPI_TYPE_ANY, start->handle, ACPI_UINT32_MAX, NULL,
                            acpi_bus_remove, NULL, NULL);
        acpi_bus_remove(start->handle, 0, NULL, NULL);
-       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(acpi_bus_trim);
 
 
                /* this shouldn't be in here, so remove
                 * the bus then re-add it...
                 */
-               ret_val = acpi_bus_trim(device);
-               dbg("acpi_bus_trim return %x\n", ret_val);
+               acpi_bus_trim(device);
        }
 
        ret_val = acpi_bus_scan(func->handle);
                return retval;
        }
 
-       retval = acpi_bus_trim(device);
-       if (retval)
-               err("cannot remove from acpi list\n");
-
-       return retval;
+       acpi_bus_trim(device);
+       return 0;
 }
 
 static void acpiphp_set_acpi_region(struct acpiphp_slot *slot)
 
 void acpi_bus_unregister_driver(struct acpi_driver *driver);
 int acpi_bus_scan(acpi_handle handle);
 void acpi_bus_hot_remove_device(void *context);
-int acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start);
+void acpi_bus_trim(struct acpi_device *start);
 acpi_status acpi_bus_get_ejd(acpi_handle handle, acpi_handle * ejd);
 int acpi_match_device_ids(struct acpi_device *device,
                          const struct acpi_device_id *ids);