diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 66d0aeb32a47..d29b70a28f2b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -1670,10 +1670,8 @@ nfsd_export_shutdown(void)
 
 	exp_writelock();
 
-	if (cache_unregister(&svc_expkey_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "nfsd: failed to unregister expkey cache\n");
-	if (cache_unregister(&svc_export_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "nfsd: failed to unregister export cache\n");
+	cache_unregister(&svc_expkey_cache);
+	cache_unregister(&svc_export_cache);
 	svcauth_unix_purge();
 
 	exp_writeunlock();
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
index 5b56c77c15c5..ef22179c49ad 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfs4idmap.c
@@ -474,10 +474,8 @@ nfsd_idmap_init(void)
 void
 nfsd_idmap_shutdown(void)
 {
-	if (cache_unregister(&idtoname_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "nfsd: failed to unregister idtoname cache\n");
-	if (cache_unregister(&nametoid_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "nfsd: failed to unregister nametoid cache\n");
+	cache_unregister(&idtoname_cache);
+	cache_unregister(&nametoid_cache);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index bd7a6b0a87af..b683b5ddeea9 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ extern void cache_flush(void);
 extern void cache_purge(struct cache_detail *detail);
 #define NEVER (0x7FFFFFFF)
 extern void cache_register(struct cache_detail *cd);
-extern int cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd);
+extern void cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd);
 
 extern void qword_add(char **bpp, int *lp, char *str);
 extern void qword_addhex(char **bpp, int *lp, char *buf, int blen);
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
index 73940df6c460..d329a12500aa 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/svcauth_gss.c
@@ -1396,9 +1396,7 @@ gss_svc_init(void)
 void
 gss_svc_shutdown(void)
 {
-	if (cache_unregister(&rsc_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "auth_rpcgss: failed to unregister rsc cache\n");
-	if (cache_unregister(&rsi_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "auth_rpcgss: failed to unregister rsi cache\n");
+	cache_unregister(&rsc_cache);
+	cache_unregister(&rsi_cache);
 	svc_auth_unregister(RPC_AUTH_GSS);
 }
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/cache.c b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
index 3b11277d27b1..365586a999ea 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/cache.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/cache.c
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ void cache_register(struct cache_detail *cd)
 	schedule_delayed_work(&cache_cleaner, 0);
 }
 
-int cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd)
+void cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd)
 {
 	cache_purge(cd);
 	spin_lock(&cache_list_lock);
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd)
 	if (cd->entries || atomic_read(&cd->inuse)) {
 		write_unlock(&cd->hash_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&cache_list_lock);
-		return -EBUSY;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (current_detail == cd)
 		current_detail = NULL;
@@ -373,7 +373,9 @@ int cache_unregister(struct cache_detail *cd)
 		/* module must be being unloaded so its safe to kill the worker */
 		cancel_delayed_work_sync(&cache_cleaner);
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return;
+out:
+	printk(KERN_ERR "nfsd: failed to unregister %s cache\n", cd->name);
 }
 
 /* clean cache tries to find something to clean
diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
index 1a7e309d008b..ef7dc78e2c7b 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sunrpc_syms.c
@@ -98,10 +98,8 @@ cleanup_sunrpc(void)
 	cleanup_socket_xprt();
 	unregister_rpc_pipefs();
 	rpc_destroy_mempool();
-	if (cache_unregister(&ip_map_cache))
-		printk(KERN_ERR "sunrpc: failed to unregister ip_map cache\n");
-	if (cache_unregister(&unix_gid_cache))
-	      printk(KERN_ERR "sunrpc: failed to unregister unix_gid cache\n");
+	cache_unregister(&ip_map_cache);
+	cache_unregister(&unix_gid_cache);
 #ifdef RPC_DEBUG
 	rpc_unregister_sysctl();
 #endif