1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 1b9a87047817..0e6df289cb46 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -755,9 +755,8 @@ static ssize_t ipmi_write(struct file *file,
                 rv = ipmi_heartbeat();
                 if (rv)
                         return rv;
-                return 1;
         }
-        return 0;
+        return len;
 }
 
 static ssize_t ipmi_read(struct file *file,