diff --git a/block/bsg-lib.c b/block/bsg-lib.c
index 347dda16c2f4..6cbb7926534c 100644
--- a/block/bsg-lib.c
+++ b/block/bsg-lib.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ static blk_status_t bsg_queue_rq(struct blk_mq_hw_ctx *hctx,
 	struct request *req = bd->rq;
 	struct bsg_set *bset =
 		container_of(q->tag_set, struct bsg_set, tag_set);
-	int sts = BLK_STS_IOERR;
+	blk_status_t sts = BLK_STS_IOERR;
 	int ret;
 
 	blk_mq_start_request(req);