diff --git a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
index 289e4d54e3e0..7d9eb39fa76a 100644
--- a/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
+++ b/include/linux/ring_buffer.h
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ __ring_buffer_alloc(unsigned long size, unsigned flags, struct lock_class_key *k
 })
 
 int ring_buffer_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, bool full);
-int ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
+__poll_t ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
 			  struct file *filp, poll_table *poll_table);
 
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
index 91874a95060d..d24d48713ef3 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ int ring_buffer_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu, bool full)
  * Returns POLLIN | POLLRDNORM if data exists in the buffers,
  * zero otherwise.
  */
-int ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
+__poll_t ring_buffer_poll_wait(struct ring_buffer *buffer, int cpu,
 			  struct file *filp, poll_table *poll_table)
 {
 	struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer;