diff --git a/block/qcow2-cache.c b/block/qcow2-cache.c
index 3137ba8..0f629c4 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cache.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cache.c
@@ -332,14 +332,10 @@ int qcow2_cache_get_empty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, uint64_t offset,
     return qcow2_cache_do_get(bs, c, offset, table, false);
 }
 
-int qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table)
+void qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table)
 {
     int i = qcow2_cache_get_table_idx(bs, c, *table);
 
-    if (c->entries[i].offset == 0) {
-        return -ENOENT;
-    }
-
     c->entries[i].ref--;
     *table = NULL;
 
@@ -348,7 +344,6 @@ int qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table)
     }
 
     assert(c->entries[i].ref >= 0);
-    return 0;
 }
 
 void qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c,
diff --git a/block/qcow2-cluster.c b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
index 5cd418a..d74426c 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-cluster.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-cluster.c
@@ -253,10 +253,7 @@ static int l2_allocate(BlockDriverState *bs, int l1_index, uint64_t **table)
 
         memcpy(l2_table, old_table, s->cluster_size);
 
-        ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &old_table);
-        if (ret < 0) {
-            goto fail;
-        }
+        qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &old_table);
     }
 
     /* write the l2 table to the file */
@@ -694,10 +691,7 @@ uint64_t qcow2_alloc_compressed_cluster_offset(BlockDriverState *bs,
     BLKDBG_EVENT(bs->file, BLKDBG_L2_UPDATE_COMPRESSED);
     qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(bs, s->l2_table_cache, l2_table);
     l2_table[l2_index] = cpu_to_be64(cluster_offset);
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return 0;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     return cluster_offset;
 }
@@ -789,10 +783,7 @@ int qcow2_alloc_cluster_link_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, QCowL2Meta *m)
      }
 
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto err;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     /*
      * If this was a COW, we need to decrease the refcount of the old cluster.
@@ -944,7 +935,7 @@ static int handle_copied(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
     uint64_t *l2_table;
     unsigned int nb_clusters;
     unsigned int keep_clusters;
-    int ret, pret;
+    int ret;
 
     trace_qcow2_handle_copied(qemu_coroutine_self(), guest_offset, *host_offset,
                               *bytes);
@@ -1011,10 +1002,7 @@ static int handle_copied(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
 
     /* Cleanup */
 out:
-    pret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (pret < 0) {
-        return pret;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     /* Only return a host offset if we actually made progress. Otherwise we
      * would make requirements for handle_alloc() that it can't fulfill */
@@ -1139,10 +1127,7 @@ static int handle_alloc(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t guest_offset,
      * wrong with our code. */
     assert(nb_clusters > 0);
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     /* Allocate, if necessary at a given offset in the image file */
     alloc_cluster_offset = start_of_cluster(s, *host_offset);
@@ -1481,10 +1466,7 @@ static int discard_single_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         qcow2_free_any_clusters(bs, old_l2_entry, 1, type);
     }
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     return nb_clusters;
 }
@@ -1567,10 +1549,7 @@ static int zero_single_l2(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t offset,
         }
     }
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
     return nb_clusters;
 }
@@ -1763,11 +1742,7 @@ static int expand_zero_clusters_in_l1(BlockDriverState *bs, uint64_t *l1_table,
                 qcow2_cache_entry_mark_dirty(bs, s->l2_table_cache, l2_table);
                 qcow2_cache_depends_on_flush(s->l2_table_cache);
             }
-            ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **)&l2_table);
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                l2_table = NULL;
-                goto fail;
-            }
+            qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
         } else {
             if (l2_dirty) {
                 ret = qcow2_pre_write_overlap_check(bs,
@@ -1798,12 +1773,7 @@ fail:
         if (!is_active_l1) {
             qemu_vfree(l2_table);
         } else {
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **)&l2_table);
-            } else {
-                ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache,
-                        (void **)&l2_table);
-            }
+            qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
         }
     }
     return ret;
diff --git a/block/qcow2-refcount.c b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
index 35a6a35..e3e7f3a 100644
--- a/block/qcow2-refcount.c
+++ b/block/qcow2-refcount.c
@@ -265,10 +265,7 @@ int qcow2_get_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs, int64_t cluster_index,
     block_index = cluster_index & (s->refcount_block_size - 1);
     *refcount = s->get_refcount(refcount_block, block_index);
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        return ret;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -448,10 +445,7 @@ static int alloc_refcount_block(BlockDriverState *bs,
         return -EAGAIN;
     }
 
-    ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, refcount_block);
-    if (ret < 0) {
-        goto fail_block;
-    }
+    qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, refcount_block);
 
     /*
      * If we come here, we need to grow the refcount table. Again, a new
@@ -723,13 +717,8 @@ static int QEMU_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT update_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
         /* Load the refcount block and allocate it if needed */
         if (table_index != old_table_index) {
             if (refcount_block) {
-                ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache,
-                                      &refcount_block);
-                if (ret < 0) {
-                    goto fail;
-                }
+                qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
             }
-
             ret = alloc_refcount_block(bs, cluster_index, &refcount_block);
             if (ret < 0) {
                 goto fail;
@@ -774,11 +763,7 @@ fail:
 
     /* Write last changed block to disk */
     if (refcount_block) {
-        int wret;
-        wret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
-        if (wret < 0) {
-            return ret < 0 ? ret : wret;
-        }
+        qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->refcount_block_cache, &refcount_block);
     }
 
     /*
@@ -1183,11 +1168,7 @@ int qcow2_update_snapshot_refcount(BlockDriverState *bs,
                 }
             }
 
-            ret = qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void**) &l2_table);
-            if (ret < 0) {
-                goto fail;
-            }
-
+            qcow2_cache_put(bs, s->l2_table_cache, (void **) &l2_table);
 
             if (addend != 0) {
                 ret = qcow2_update_cluster_refcount(bs, l2_offset >>
diff --git a/block/qcow2.h b/block/qcow2.h
index 5d0995f..0076512 100644
--- a/block/qcow2.h
+++ b/block/qcow2.h
@@ -587,6 +587,6 @@ int qcow2_cache_get(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, uint64_t offset,
     void **table);
 int qcow2_cache_get_empty(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, uint64_t offset,
     void **table);
-int qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table);
+void qcow2_cache_put(BlockDriverState *bs, Qcow2Cache *c, void **table);
 
 #endif
