diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/file.c b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
index c5fa3dee72fc..7da0fac71dc2 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/file.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/file.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ int nilfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static int nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t nilfs_page_mkwrite(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	struct page *page = vmf->page;