diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
index bc9fb144e57b8e3a05863223156f25b7f17e6a34..c52edeafd616a3be52fec913430405e5adff13d2 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ocrdma/ocrdma_verbs.c
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ static int _ocrdma_pd_mgr_put_bitmap(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, u16 pd_id,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static u8 ocrdma_put_pd_num(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, u16 pd_id,
+static int ocrdma_put_pd_num(struct ocrdma_dev *dev, u16 pd_id,
 				   bool dpp_pool)
 {
 	int status;