diff --git a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
index 298e8682af..65cbc80414 100644
--- a/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
+++ b/hw/acpi/memory_hotplug.c
@@ -250,7 +250,6 @@ void acpi_memory_plug_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq, MemHotplugState *mem_st,
         /* do ACPI magic */
         acpi_send_gpe_event(ar, irq, ACPI_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_STATUS);
     }
-    return;
 }
 
 void acpi_memory_unplug_request_cb(ACPIREGS *ar, qemu_irq irq,