diff --git a/drivers/hwspinlock/u8500_hsem.c b/drivers/hwspinlock/u8500_hsem.c
index 143461a95ae4..a120f14814f9 100644
--- a/drivers/hwspinlock/u8500_hsem.c
+++ b/drivers/hwspinlock/u8500_hsem.c
@@ -108,10 +108,8 @@ static int __devinit u8500_hsem_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	io_base = ioremap(res->start, resource_size(res));
-	if (!io_base) {
-		ret = -ENOMEM;
-		goto free_state;
-	}
+	if (!io_base)
+		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	/* make sure protocol 1 is selected */
 	val = readl(io_base + HSEM_CTRL_REG);
diff --git a/include/linux/hwspinlock.h b/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
index 08a2fee40659..aad6bd4b3efd 100644
--- a/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
+++ b/include/linux/hwspinlock.h
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ int __hwspin_trylock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
 static inline
 void __hwspin_unlock(struct hwspinlock *hwlock, int mode, unsigned long *flags)
 {
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int hwspin_lock_get_id(struct hwspinlock *hwlock)