1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
index 486a8d3a1f0..828416881d6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-lib.c
@@ -2272,9 +2272,9 @@ void iwlagn_init_notification_wait(struct iwl_priv *priv,
         spin_unlock_bh(&priv->_agn.notif_wait_lock);
 }
 
-signed long iwlagn_wait_notification(struct iwl_priv *priv,
-                                     struct iwl_notification_wait *wait_entry,
-                                     unsigned long timeout)
+int iwlagn_wait_notification(struct iwl_priv *priv,
+                             struct iwl_notification_wait *wait_entry,
+                             unsigned long timeout)
 {
         int ret;
 
@@ -2286,7 +2286,10 @@ signed long iwlagn_wait_notification(struct iwl_priv *priv,
         list_del(&wait_entry->list);
         spin_unlock_bh(&priv->_agn.notif_wait_lock);
 
-        return ret;
+        /* return value is always >= 0 */
+        if (ret <= 0)
+                return -ETIMEDOUT;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 void iwlagn_remove_notification(struct iwl_priv *priv,