diff --git a/daemon/container_operations.go b/daemon/container_operations.go
index 4271b7f751..c7c5c52864 100644
--- a/daemon/container_operations.go
+++ b/daemon/container_operations.go
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) findAndAttachNetwork(container *container.Container, idOrN
 }
 
 // updateContainerNetworkSettings update the network settings
-func (daemon *Daemon) updateContainerNetworkSettings(container *container.Container, endpointsConfig map[string]*networktypes.EndpointSettings) error {
+func (daemon *Daemon) updateContainerNetworkSettings(container *container.Container, endpointsConfig map[string]*networktypes.EndpointSettings) {
 	var n libnetwork.Network
 
 	mode := container.HostConfig.NetworkMode
 	if container.Config.NetworkDisabled || mode.IsContainer() {
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
 
 	networkName := mode.NetworkName()
@@ -435,22 +435,20 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) updateContainerNetworkSettings(container *container.Contai
 	}
 
 	if !mode.IsUserDefined() {
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
 	// Make sure to internally store the per network endpoint config by network name
 	if _, ok := container.NetworkSettings.Networks[networkName]; ok {
-		return nil
+		return
 	}
 
 	if n != nil {
 		if nwConfig, ok := container.NetworkSettings.Networks[n.ID()]; ok {
 			container.NetworkSettings.Networks[networkName] = nwConfig
 			delete(container.NetworkSettings.Networks, n.ID())
-			return nil
+			return
 		}
 	}
-
-	return nil
 }
 
 func (daemon *Daemon) allocateNetwork(container *container.Container) error {
@@ -471,10 +469,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) allocateNetwork(container *container.Container) error {
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		err := daemon.updateContainerNetworkSettings(container, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		daemon.updateContainerNetworkSettings(container, nil)
 		updateSettings = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/daemon/create.go b/daemon/create.go
index bf8f59c416..1822159e3f 100644
--- a/daemon/create.go
+++ b/daemon/create.go
@@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) create(params types.ContainerCreateConfig, managed bool) (
 	// backwards API compatibility.
 	container.HostConfig = runconfig.SetDefaultNetModeIfBlank(container.HostConfig)
 
-	if err := daemon.updateContainerNetworkSettings(container, endpointsConfigs); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
+	daemon.updateContainerNetworkSettings(container, endpointsConfigs)
 
 	if err := container.ToDisk(); err != nil {
 		logrus.Errorf("Error saving new container to disk: %v", err)