diff --git a/drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c b/drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c
index 6482d994d4899aef539f2639bd70703c306d3c90..c7fb3675c09d29b010096854a326730368dd6b1c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ibm_emac/ibm_emac_core.c
@@ -1712,11 +1712,10 @@ struct mal_commac_ops emac_commac_ops = {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_POLL_CONTROLLER
-static int emac_netpoll(struct net_device *ndev)
+static void emac_netpoll(struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	emac_rxeob_dev((void *)ndev, 0);
 	emac_txeob_dev((void *)ndev, 0);
-	return 0;
 }
 #endif