diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
index 1f3707a..3512bba 100644
--- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -516,15 +516,15 @@ static void __remove_zone(struct zone *zone, unsigned long start_pfn)
 	pgdat_resize_unlock(zone->zone_pgdat, &flags);
 }
 
-static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
-		unsigned long map_offset, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
+static void __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
+			     unsigned long map_offset,
+			     struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
 {
 	unsigned long start_pfn;
 	int scn_nr;
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (!valid_section(ms))
-		return ret;
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!valid_section(ms)))
+		return;
 
 	unregister_memory_section(ms);
 
@@ -533,7 +533,6 @@ static int __remove_section(struct zone *zone, struct mem_section *ms,
 	__remove_zone(zone, start_pfn);
 
 	sparse_remove_one_section(zone, ms, map_offset, altmap);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -553,7 +552,7 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 {
 	unsigned long i;
 	unsigned long map_offset = 0;
-	int sections_to_remove, ret = 0;
+	int sections_to_remove;
 
 	/* In the ZONE_DEVICE case device driver owns the memory region */
 	if (is_dev_zone(zone)) {
@@ -574,16 +573,13 @@ int __remove_pages(struct zone *zone, unsigned long phys_start_pfn,
 		unsigned long pfn = phys_start_pfn + i*PAGES_PER_SECTION;
 
 		cond_resched();
-		ret = __remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn), map_offset,
-				altmap);
+		__remove_section(zone, __pfn_to_section(pfn), map_offset,
+				 altmap);
 		map_offset = 0;
-		if (ret)
-			break;
 	}
 
 	set_zone_contiguous(zone);
-
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE */