diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pack_generic.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pack_generic.c
index 13f00b7cbbe5..b1170277fd84 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pack_generic.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/ptlrpc/pack_generic.c
@@ -469,6 +469,7 @@ int lustre_shrink_msg(struct lustre_msg *msg, int segment,
 	default:
 		LASSERTF(0, "incorrect message magic: %08x\n", msg->lm_magic);
 	}
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(lustre_shrink_msg);