diff --git a/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c b/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
index 7c02745e..38e44a2b 100644
--- a/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
+++ b/src/apps/relay/dbdrivers/dbd_sqlite.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void sqlite_unlock(int write)
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-static int sqlite_init_multithreaded(void) {
+static void sqlite_init_multithreaded(void) {
 
 #if defined(SQLITE_CONFIG_MULTITHREAD)
 	if (sqlite3_threadsafe() > 0) {
@@ -104,16 +104,14 @@ static int sqlite_init_multithreaded(void) {
 			retCode = sqlite3_config(SQLITE_CONFIG_SERIALIZED);
 			if (retCode != SQLITE_OK) {
 				TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "setting sqlite thread safe mode to serialized failed!!! return code: %d\n", retCode);
-				return -1;
+				return;
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
 		TURN_LOG_FUNC(TURN_LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "Your SQLite database is not compiled to be threadsafe.\n");
-		return -1;
+		return;
 	}
 #endif
-
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static int donot_print_connection_success = 0;
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ static sqlite3 * get_sqlite_connection(void) {
 	sqlite3 *sqliteconnection = (sqlite3 *)pthread_getspecific(connection_key);
 	if(!sqliteconnection) {
 		fix_user_directory(pud->userdb);
-		(void) pthread_once(&sqlite_init_once, (void (*)(void))sqlite_init_multithreaded);
+		(void) pthread_once(&sqlite_init_once, sqlite_init_multithreaded);
 		int rc = sqlite3_open(pud->userdb, &sqliteconnection);
 		if(!sqliteconnection || (rc != SQLITE_OK)) {
 			const char* errmsg = sqlite3_errmsg(sqliteconnection);