diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
index 65de1c02e7dc..ecb5f75f6dd5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft-core.c
@@ -1319,23 +1319,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_probe_common);
  * @info: Framebuffer
  *
  * Unregisters and releases the framebuffer
- *
- * Return: 0 if successful, negative if error
  */
-int fbtft_remove_common(struct device *dev, struct fb_info *info)
+void fbtft_remove_common(struct device *dev, struct fb_info *info)
 {
 	struct fbtft_par *par;
 
-	if (!info)
-		return -EINVAL;
 	par = info->par;
 	if (par)
 		fbtft_par_dbg(DEBUG_DRIVER_INIT_FUNCTIONS, par,
 			      "%s()\n", __func__);
 	fbtft_unregister_framebuffer(info);
 	fbtft_framebuffer_release(info);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(fbtft_remove_common);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h
index 76f8c090a837..6869f3603b0e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/fbtft/fbtft.h
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ void fbtft_unregister_backlight(struct fbtft_par *par);
 int fbtft_init_display(struct fbtft_par *par);
 int fbtft_probe_common(struct fbtft_display *display, struct spi_device *sdev,
 		       struct platform_device *pdev);
-int fbtft_remove_common(struct device *dev, struct fb_info *info);
+void fbtft_remove_common(struct device *dev, struct fb_info *info);
 
 /* fbtft-io.c */
 int fbtft_write_spi(struct fbtft_par *par, void *buf, size_t len);
@@ -283,7 +283,8 @@ static int fbtft_driver_remove_spi(struct spi_device *spi)                 \
 {                                                                          \
 	struct fb_info *info = spi_get_drvdata(spi);                       \
 									   \
-	return fbtft_remove_common(&spi->dev, info);                       \
+	fbtft_remove_common(&spi->dev, info);                              \
+	return 0;                                                          \
 }                                                                          \
 									   \
 static int fbtft_driver_probe_pdev(struct platform_device *pdev)           \
@@ -295,7 +296,8 @@ static int fbtft_driver_remove_pdev(struct platform_device *pdev)          \
 {                                                                          \
 	struct fb_info *info = platform_get_drvdata(pdev);                 \
 									   \
-	return fbtft_remove_common(&pdev->dev, info);                      \
+	fbtft_remove_common(&pdev->dev, info);                             \
+	return 0;                                                          \
 }                                                                          \
 									   \
 static const struct of_device_id dt_ids[] = {                              \