diff --git a/fs/proc/internal.h b/fs/proc/internal.h
index afbe96b6bf77..f60b379dcdc7 100644
--- a/fs/proc/internal.h
+++ b/fs/proc/internal.h
@@ -190,10 +190,9 @@ struct dentry *proc_lookup_de(struct inode *, struct dentry *, struct proc_dir_e
 extern int proc_readdir(struct file *, struct dir_context *);
 int proc_readdir_de(struct file *, struct dir_context *, struct proc_dir_entry *);
 
-static inline struct proc_dir_entry *pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
+static inline void pde_get(struct proc_dir_entry *pde)
 {
 	refcount_inc(&pde->refcnt);
-	return pde;
 }
 extern void pde_put(struct proc_dir_entry *);