void __exit
 pcf8563_exit(void)
 {
-       if (unregister_chrdev(PCF8563_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME) < 0) {
-               printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Unable to unregister device.\n", PCF8563_NAME);
-       }
+       unregister_chrdev(PCF8563_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME);
 }
 
 /*
 
 void __exit
 pcf8563_exit(void)
 {
-       if (unregister_chrdev(PCF8563_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME) < 0) {
-               printk(KERN_INFO "%s: Unable to unregister device.\n", PCF8563_NAME);
-       }
+       unregister_chrdev(PCF8563_MAJOR, DEVICE_NAME);
 }
 
 /*
 
 
 void __exit cleanup_socksys(void)
 {
-       if (unregister_chrdev(30, "socksys"))
-               printk ("Couldn't unregister socksys character device\n");
+       unregister_chrdev(30, "socksys");
 }
 
                printk(KERN_ERR "IP2: failed to unregister tty driver (%d)\n", err);
        }
        put_tty_driver(ip2_tty_driver);
-       if ( ( err = unregister_chrdev ( IP2_IPL_MAJOR, pcIpl ) ) ) {
-               printk(KERN_ERR "IP2: failed to unregister IPL driver (%d)\n", err);
-       }
+       unregister_chrdev(IP2_IPL_MAJOR, pcIpl);
        remove_proc_entry("ip2mem", &proc_root);
 
        // free memory
 
 
 static void __exit mbcs_exit(void)
 {
-       int rv;
-
-       rv = unregister_chrdev(mbcs_major, DEVICE_NAME);
-       if (rv < 0)
-               DBG(KERN_ALERT "Error in unregister_chrdev: %d\n", rv);
-
+       unregister_chrdev(mbcs_major, DEVICE_NAME);
        cx_driver_unregister(&mbcs_driver);
 }
 
 
 {
        struct stlbrd *brdp;
        unsigned int i, j;
-       int retval;
 
        pr_debug("cleanup_module()\n");
 
 
        for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
                class_device_destroy(stallion_class, MKDEV(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, i));
-       if ((retval = unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem")))
-               printk("STALLION: failed to un-register serial memory device, "
-                       "errno=%d\n", -retval);
+       unregister_chrdev(STL_SIOMEMMAJOR, "staliomem");
        class_destroy(stallion_class);
 
        pci_unregister_driver(&stl_pcidriver);
 
 /* Cleanup */
 static void __exit viotap_exit(void)
 {
-       int ret;
-
        remove_proc_entry("iSeries/viotape", NULL);
        vio_unregister_driver(&viotape_driver);
        class_destroy(tape_class);
-       ret = unregister_chrdev(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, "viotape");
-       if (ret < 0)
-               printk(VIOTAPE_KERN_WARN "Error unregistering device: %d\n",
-                               ret);
+       unregister_chrdev(VIOTAPE_MAJOR, "viotape");
        if (viotape_unitinfo)
                dma_free_coherent(iSeries_vio_dev,
                                sizeof(viotape_unitinfo[0]) * VIOTAPE_MAX_TAPE,
 
        if (atomic_read(&ppp_unit_count) || atomic_read(&channel_count))
                printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: removing module but units remain!\n");
        cardmap_destroy(&all_ppp_units);
-       if (unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp") != 0)
-               printk(KERN_ERR "PPP: failed to unregister PPP device\n");
+       unregister_chrdev(PPP_MAJOR, "ppp");
        device_destroy(ppp_class, MKDEV(PPP_MAJOR, 0));
        class_destroy(ppp_class);
 }
 
 {
        snd_info_minor_unregister();
        snd_info_done();
-       if (unregister_chrdev(major, "alsa") != 0)
-               snd_printk(KERN_ERR "unable to unregister major device number %d\n", major);
+       unregister_chrdev(major, "alsa");
 }
 
 module_init(alsa_sound_init)