diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 0d435d0edbcb487316b63a0e5c79803107ee9c97..d8c2a40f8bebf56060861995b0f861db265bd948 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -202,12 +202,13 @@ static inline unsigned int cpumask_local_spread(unsigned int i, int node)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int cpumask_any_and_distribute(const struct cpumask *src1p,
-					     const struct cpumask *src2p) {
+static inline unsigned int cpumask_any_and_distribute(const struct cpumask *src1p,
+						      const struct cpumask *src2p)
+{
 	return cpumask_first_and(src1p, src2p);
 }
 
-static inline int cpumask_any_distribute(const struct cpumask *srcp)
+static inline unsigned int cpumask_any_distribute(const struct cpumask *srcp)
 {
 	return cpumask_first(srcp);
 }