diff --git a/dlls/qedit/mediadet.c b/dlls/qedit/mediadet.c
index 53ab75a164b..b7a5abb80ca 100644
--- a/dlls/qedit/mediadet.c
+++ b/dlls/qedit/mediadet.c
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ static ULONG WINAPI MediaDet_inner_Release(IUnknown *iface)
     {
         MD_cleanup(This);
         CoTaskMemFree(This);
-        return 0;
     }
 
     return ref;
diff --git a/dlls/qedit/samplegrabber.c b/dlls/qedit/samplegrabber.c
index 946dba9dfa6..e3f387be9ea 100644
--- a/dlls/qedit/samplegrabber.c
+++ b/dlls/qedit/samplegrabber.c
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ static ULONG WINAPI Single_IEnumMediaTypes_Release(IEnumMediaTypes *iface)
         if (This->mtype.pbFormat)
             CoTaskMemFree(This->mtype.pbFormat);
         CoTaskMemFree(This);
-        return 0;
     }
     return refCount;
 }
@@ -335,7 +334,6 @@ static ULONG WINAPI SampleGrabber_Release(IUnknown *iface)
     {
         SampleGrabber_cleanup(This);
         CoTaskMemFree(This);
-        return 0;
     }
     return ref;
 }
diff --git a/dlls/qedit/timeline.c b/dlls/qedit/timeline.c
index 8293c8f1694..906efd5fd7a 100644
--- a/dlls/qedit/timeline.c
+++ b/dlls/qedit/timeline.c
@@ -106,10 +106,7 @@ static ULONG WINAPI Timeline_Release(IUnknown *iface)
     TRACE("(%p) new ref = %u\n", This, ref);
 
     if (ref == 0)
-    {
         CoTaskMemFree(This);
-        return 0;
-    }
 
     return ref;
 }