diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
index 71cd685ed6c4..12bd0f094abc 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.c
@@ -4802,8 +4802,8 @@ static const struct file_operations gpiolib_operations = {
 static int __init gpiolib_debugfs_init(void)
 {
 	/* /sys/kernel/debug/gpio */
-	(void) debugfs_create_file("gpio", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO,
-				NULL, NULL, &gpiolib_operations);
+	debugfs_create_file("gpio", S_IFREG | S_IRUGO, NULL, NULL,
+			    &gpiolib_operations);
 	return 0;
 }
 subsys_initcall(gpiolib_debugfs_init);