diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/bbc_envctrl.c b/drivers/sbus/char/bbc_envctrl.c
index 0787b97561657d1116f48c32ae5efefb31d71c8d..228c782d6433257cfb143294d3f4d3b3ec37ed7e 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/bbc_envctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/bbc_envctrl.c
@@ -160,8 +160,7 @@ static void do_envctrl_shutdown(struct bbc_cpu_temperature *tp)
 	printk(KERN_CRIT "kenvctrld: Shutting down the system now.\n");
 
 	shutting_down = 1;
-	if (orderly_poweroff(true) < 0)
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "envctrl: shutdown execution failed\n");
+	orderly_poweroff(true);
 }
 
 #define WARN_INTERVAL	(30 * HZ)
diff --git a/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c b/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
index e244cf3d9ec87b63155a5b2c0d8157a6319aecb6..5609b602c54d31077f4f6136129eda7ffda310e1 100644
--- a/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
+++ b/drivers/sbus/char/envctrl.c
@@ -970,18 +970,13 @@ static struct i2c_child_t *envctrl_get_i2c_child(unsigned char mon_type)
 static void envctrl_do_shutdown(void)
 {
 	static int inprog = 0;
-	int ret;
 
 	if (inprog != 0)
 		return;
 
 	inprog = 1;
 	printk(KERN_CRIT "kenvctrld: WARNING: Shutting down the system now.\n");
-	ret = orderly_poweroff(true);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		printk(KERN_CRIT "kenvctrld: WARNING: system shutdown failed!\n"); 
-		inprog = 0;  /* unlikely to succeed, but we could try again */
-	}
+	orderly_poweroff(true);
 }
 
 static struct task_struct *kenvctrld_task;