diff --git a/block/blk-cgroup.c b/block/blk-cgroup.c
index f3b44a65fc7..a7816f3d005 100644
--- a/block/blk-cgroup.c
+++ b/block/blk-cgroup.c
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ struct cftype blkcg_files[] = {
  *
  * This is the blkcg counterpart of ioc_release_fn().
  */
-static int blkcg_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void blkcg_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct blkcg *blkcg = cgroup_to_blkcg(cgroup);
 
@@ -622,7 +622,6 @@ static int blkcg_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 	}
 
 	spin_unlock_irq(&blkcg->lock);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void blkcg_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
diff --git a/include/linux/cgroup.h b/include/linux/cgroup.h
index 47868a86ba2..adb2adc8ec1 100644
--- a/include/linux/cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/cgroup.h
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ int cgroup_taskset_size(struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
 
 struct cgroup_subsys {
 	struct cgroup_subsys_state *(*create)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
-	int (*pre_destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
+	void (*pre_destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	void (*destroy)(struct cgroup *cgrp);
 	int (*can_attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
 	void (*cancel_attach)(struct cgroup *cgrp, struct cgroup_taskset *tset);
diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index c5f6fb28dd0..83cd7d041c6 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -4054,7 +4054,7 @@ static int cgroup_rmdir(struct inode *unused_dir, struct dentry *dentry)
 	mutex_unlock(&cgroup_mutex);
 	for_each_subsys(cgrp->root, ss)
 		if (ss->pre_destroy)
-			WARN_ON_ONCE(ss->pre_destroy(cgrp));
+			ss->pre_destroy(cgrp);
 	mutex_lock(&cgroup_mutex);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
index dc595c6b1f5..0d3a1a31773 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_cgroup.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ out:
  * Force the hugetlb cgroup to empty the hugetlb resources by moving them to
  * the parent cgroup.
  */
-static int hugetlb_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
+static void hugetlb_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 {
 	struct hstate *h;
 	struct page *page;
@@ -172,8 +172,6 @@ static int hugetlb_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cgroup)
 		}
 		cond_resched();
 	} while (hugetlb_cgroup_have_usage(cgroup));
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 int hugetlb_cgroup_charge_cgroup(int idx, unsigned long nr_pages,
diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
index 6678f991c6c..a1811ce60e2 100644
--- a/mm/memcontrol.c
+++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
@@ -5002,12 +5002,11 @@ free_out:
 	return ERR_PTR(error);
 }
 
-static int mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
+static void mem_cgroup_pre_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)
 {
 	struct mem_cgroup *memcg = mem_cgroup_from_cont(cont);
 
 	mem_cgroup_reparent_charges(memcg);
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void mem_cgroup_destroy(struct cgroup *cont)