1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h b/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
index d4dbbe5f7bd9..1d7d9b4bcacb 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/bitops_64.h
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ extern long find_first_bit(const unsigned long * addr, unsigned long size);
 extern long find_next_bit(const unsigned long * addr, long size, long offset);
 
 /* return index of first bet set in val or max when no bit is set */
-static inline unsigned long __scanbit(unsigned long val, unsigned long max)
+static inline long __scanbit(unsigned long val, unsigned long max)
 {
         asm("bsfq %1,%0 ; cmovz %2,%0" : "=&r" (val) : "r" (val), "r" (max));
         return val;