1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index cb70f1812a70..8c7642a00054 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ ext4_file_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
         struct inode *inode = iocb->ki_filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
         int unaligned_aio = 0;
-        int ret;
+        ssize_t ret;
 
         /*
          * If we have encountered a bitmap-format file, the size limit