diff --git a/lib/genalloc.c b/lib/genalloc.c
index dab97bb69df63e70beac7f956fdf239b963cd7bd..5dcf9cdcbc46da5fb124bb24184aa4a1993d4221 100644
--- a/lib/genalloc.c
+++ b/lib/genalloc.c
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ static int clear_bits_ll(unsigned long *addr, unsigned long mask_to_clear)
  * users set the same bit, one user will return remain bits, otherwise
  * return 0.
  */
-static int bitmap_set_ll(unsigned long *map, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr)
+static unsigned long
+bitmap_set_ll(unsigned long *map, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr)
 {
 	unsigned long *p = map + BIT_WORD(start);
 	const unsigned long size = start + nr;