diff --git a/includes/specialpage/FormSpecialPage.php b/includes/specialpage/FormSpecialPage.php
index 42c59806b42..d22875b9bdb 100644
--- a/includes/specialpage/FormSpecialPage.php
+++ b/includes/specialpage/FormSpecialPage.php
@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ abstract class FormSpecialPage extends SpecialPage {
 	 * Failures here must throw subclasses of ErrorPageError.
 	 * @param User $user
 	 * @throws UserBlockedError
-	 * @return bool True
 	 */
 	protected function checkExecutePermissions( User $user ) {
 		$this->checkPermissions();
@@ -182,8 +181,6 @@ abstract class FormSpecialPage extends SpecialPage {
 		if ( $this->requiresWrite() ) {
 			$this->checkReadOnly();
 		}
-
-		return true;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/includes/specials/SpecialPasswordReset.php b/includes/specials/SpecialPasswordReset.php
index 9e72807f0b7..f1eb8c23251 100644
--- a/includes/specials/SpecialPasswordReset.php
+++ b/includes/specials/SpecialPasswordReset.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class SpecialPasswordReset extends FormSpecialPage {
 			throw new ErrorPageError( 'internalerror', 'resetpass_forbidden' );
 		}
 
-		return parent::checkExecutePermissions( $user );
+		parent::checkExecutePermissions( $user );
 	}
 
 	protected function getFormFields() {