diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index 89f8595..c6c574b 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -1918,15 +1918,13 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int idetape_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
+static void idetape_release(struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode)
 {
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = ide_drv_g(disk, ide_tape_obj);
 
 	mutex_lock(&ide_tape_mutex);
 	ide_tape_put(tape);
 	mutex_unlock(&ide_tape_mutex);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int idetape_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,