diff --git a/fs/direct-io.c b/fs/direct-io.c
index 48d74c7391d1..85882f6ba5f7 100644
--- a/fs/direct-io.c
+++ b/fs/direct-io.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static struct page *dio_get_page(struct dio *dio)
  * filesystems can use it to hold additional state between get_block calls and
  * dio_complete.
  */
-static int dio_complete(struct dio *dio, loff_t offset, int ret, bool is_async)
+static ssize_t dio_complete(struct dio *dio, loff_t offset, ssize_t ret, bool is_async)
 {
 	ssize_t transferred = 0;