diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/hello.h b/src/include/gpxe/hello.h
index de8127bf..a31da3e1 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/hello.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/hello.h
@@ -41,6 +41,6 @@ struct hello_request {
 	int complete;
 };
 
-extern int hello_connect ( struct hello_request *hello );
+extern void hello_connect ( struct hello_request *hello );
 
 #endif
diff --git a/src/include/gpxe/tcp.h b/src/include/gpxe/tcp.h
index 0aa209b7..9b7ecc80 100644
--- a/src/include/gpxe/tcp.h
+++ b/src/include/gpxe/tcp.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ struct tcp_connection {
 
 extern void *tcp_buffer;
 extern size_t tcp_buflen;
-extern int tcp_connect ( struct tcp_connection *conn );
+extern void tcp_connect ( struct tcp_connection *conn );
 extern void tcp_send ( struct tcp_connection *conn, const void *data,
 		       size_t len );
 extern void tcp_close ( struct tcp_connection *conn );
diff --git a/src/net/tcp.c b/src/net/tcp.c
index 50c9731f..ae964748 100644
--- a/src/net/tcp.c
+++ b/src/net/tcp.c
@@ -64,18 +64,11 @@ size_t tcp_buflen = UIP_BUFSIZE - ( 40 + UIP_LLH_LEN );
  * Open a TCP connection
  *
  * @v conn	TCP connection
- * @ret 0	Success
- * @ret <0	Failure
  * 
  * This sets up a new TCP connection to the remote host specified in
- * tcp_connection::sin.  The actual SYN packet will not be sent out
- * until run_tcpip() is called for the first time.
- *
- * @todo Use linked lists instead of a static buffer, and thereby
- *       remove the only potential failure case, giving this function
- *       a void return type.
+ * tcp_connection::sin.
  */
-int tcp_connect ( struct tcp_connection *conn ) {
+void tcp_connect ( struct tcp_connection *conn ) {
 	struct uip_conn *uip_conn;
 	u16_t ipaddr[2];
 
@@ -86,11 +79,9 @@ int tcp_connect ( struct tcp_connection *conn ) {
 
 	* ( ( uint32_t * ) ipaddr ) = conn->sin.sin_addr.s_addr;
 	uip_conn = uip_connect ( ipaddr, conn->sin.sin_port );
-	if ( ! uip_conn )
-		return -1;
-
+#warning "Use linked lists so that uip_connect() cannot fail"
+	assert ( uip_conn != NULL );
 	*( ( void ** ) uip_conn->appstate ) = conn;
-	return 0;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/proto/iscsi.c b/src/proto/iscsi.c
index 40e48e11..1a808b00 100644
--- a/src/proto/iscsi.c
+++ b/src/proto/iscsi.c
@@ -544,8 +544,7 @@ void iscsi_wakeup ( struct iscsi_session *iscsi ) {
 	switch ( iscsi->state ) {
 	case ISCSI_STATE_NOT_CONNECTED:
 	case ISCSI_STATE_FAILED:
-		if ( tcp_connect ( &iscsi->tcp ) != 0 )
-			iscsi_fail ( iscsi );
+		tcp_connect ( &iscsi->tcp );
 		iscsi_start_login ( iscsi );
 		break;
 	case ISCSI_STATE_IDLE: