diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 2c8790f36be2..f0e7eedb1ba3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ int __devinit arch_add_memory(int nid, u64 start, u64 size)
 	zone = pgdata->node_zones;
 
 	return __add_pages(zone, start_pfn, nr_pages);
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /*