diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index d48281ca9c72..ec8f6a6485e3 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1856,7 +1856,7 @@ static __net_exit void l2tp_exit_net(struct net *net)
 
 	rcu_read_lock_bh();
 	list_for_each_entry_rcu(tunnel, &pn->l2tp_tunnel_list, list) {
-		(void)l2tp_tunnel_delete(tunnel);
+		l2tp_tunnel_delete(tunnel);
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
 }
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 665cc74df5c5..fb3248ff8b48 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ static int l2tp_nl_cmd_tunnel_delete(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info
 	l2tp_tunnel_notify(&l2tp_nl_family, info,
 			   tunnel, L2TP_CMD_TUNNEL_DELETE);
 
-	(void) l2tp_tunnel_delete(tunnel);
+	l2tp_tunnel_delete(tunnel);
 
 out:
 	return ret;