diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c
index 508e06fd7d1e..3ca795609113 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.c
@@ -28,53 +28,47 @@
 /*
  * XFS logging functions
  */
-static int
+static void
 __xfs_printk(
 	const char		*level,
 	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	struct va_format	*vaf)
 {
 	if (mp && mp->m_fsname)
-		return printk("%sXFS (%s): %pV\n", level, mp->m_fsname, vaf);
-	return printk("%sXFS: %pV\n", level, vaf);
+		printk("%sXFS (%s): %pV\n", level, mp->m_fsname, vaf);
+	printk("%sXFS: %pV\n", level, vaf);
 }
 
-int xfs_printk(
+void xfs_printk(
 	const char		*level,
 	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	const char		*fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct va_format	vaf;
 	va_list			args;
-	int			 r;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
 	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	r = __xfs_printk(level, mp, &vaf);
+	__xfs_printk(level, mp, &vaf);
 	va_end(args);
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 #define define_xfs_printk_level(func, kern_level)		\
-int func(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)	\
+void func(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)	\
 {								\
 	struct va_format	vaf;				\
 	va_list			args;				\
-	int			r;				\
 								\
 	va_start(args, fmt);					\
 								\
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;						\
 	vaf.va = &args;						\
 								\
-	r = __xfs_printk(kern_level, mp, &vaf);			\
+	__xfs_printk(kern_level, mp, &vaf);			\
 	va_end(args);						\
-								\
-	return r;						\
 }								\
 
 define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_emerg, KERN_EMERG);
@@ -88,7 +82,7 @@ define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_info, KERN_INFO);
 define_xfs_printk_level(xfs_debug, KERN_DEBUG);
 #endif
 
-int
+void
 xfs_alert_tag(
 	const struct xfs_mount	*mp,
 	int			panic_tag,
@@ -97,7 +91,6 @@ xfs_alert_tag(
 	struct va_format	vaf;
 	va_list			args;
 	int			do_panic = 0;
-	int			r;
 
 	if (xfs_panic_mask && (xfs_panic_mask & panic_tag)) {
 		xfs_printk(KERN_ALERT, mp,
@@ -110,12 +103,10 @@ xfs_alert_tag(
 	vaf.fmt = fmt;
 	vaf.va = &args;
 
-	r = __xfs_printk(KERN_ALERT, mp, &vaf);
+	__xfs_printk(KERN_ALERT, mp, &vaf);
 	va_end(args);
 
 	BUG_ON(do_panic);
-
-	return r;
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h
index e77ffa16745b..f1b3fc1b6c4e 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_message.h
@@ -3,32 +3,34 @@
 
 struct xfs_mount;
 
-extern int xfs_printk(const char *level, const struct xfs_mount *mp,
+extern void xfs_printk(const char *level, const struct xfs_mount *mp,
                       const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
-extern int xfs_emerg(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_emerg(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_alert(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_alert(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_alert_tag(const struct xfs_mount *mp, int tag,
+extern void xfs_alert_tag(const struct xfs_mount *mp, int tag,
 			 const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 3, 4)));
-extern int xfs_crit(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_crit(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_err(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_err(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_warn(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_warn(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_notice(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_notice(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
-extern int xfs_info(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_info(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-extern int xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+extern void xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
         __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3)));
 #else
-#define xfs_debug(mp, fmt, ...)	(0)
+static inline void xfs_debug(const struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 extern void assfail(char *expr, char *f, int l);