diff --git a/lib/scatterlist.c b/lib/scatterlist.c
index 0a482ef988e5..a59778946404 100644
--- a/lib/scatterlist.c
+++ b/lib/scatterlist.c
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@ size_t sg_copy_buffer(struct scatterlist *sgl, unsigned int nents, void *buf,
 	sg_miter_start(&miter, sgl, nents, sg_flags);
 
 	if (!sg_miter_skip(&miter, skip))
-		return false;
+		return 0;
 
 	while ((offset < buflen) && sg_miter_next(&miter)) {
 		unsigned int len;