diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_av.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_av.c
index 8accd5da2c75..11e7bedd97f6 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_av.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_av.c
@@ -52,14 +52,13 @@ int rxe_av_chk_attr(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rdma_ah_attr *attr)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int rxe_av_from_attr(u8 port_num, struct rxe_av *av,
+void rxe_av_from_attr(u8 port_num, struct rxe_av *av,
 		     struct rdma_ah_attr *attr)
 {
 	memset(av, 0, sizeof(*av));
 	memcpy(&av->grh, rdma_ah_read_grh(attr),
 	       sizeof(*rdma_ah_read_grh(attr)));
 	av->port_num = port_num;
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int rxe_av_to_attr(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_av *av,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
index abd8c426bb8b..a0be6523aac0 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_loc.h
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 
 int rxe_av_chk_attr(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rdma_ah_attr *attr);
 
-int rxe_av_from_attr(u8 port_num, struct rxe_av *av,
+void rxe_av_from_attr(u8 port_num, struct rxe_av *av,
 		     struct rdma_ah_attr *attr);
 
 int rxe_av_to_attr(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rxe_av *av,
diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
index 621b0a7802d5..e15344148173 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/sw/rxe/rxe_verbs.c
@@ -271,9 +271,8 @@ static int rxe_init_av(struct rxe_dev *rxe, struct rdma_ah_attr *attr,
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	err = rxe_av_from_attr(rdma_ah_get_port_num(attr), av, attr);
-	if (!err)
-		err = rxe_av_fill_ip_info(rxe, av, attr, &sgid_attr, &sgid);
+	rxe_av_from_attr(rdma_ah_get_port_num(attr), av, attr);
+	err = rxe_av_fill_ip_info(rxe, av, attr, &sgid_attr, &sgid);
 
 	if (sgid_attr.ndev)
 		dev_put(sgid_attr.ndev);