diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index 29978ee76c2e..051a3e1fb8df 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ void exit_shm(struct task_struct *task)
 	up_write(&shm_ids(ns).rwsem);
 }
 
-static int shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t shm_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct file *file = vmf->vma->vm_file;
 	struct shm_file_data *sfd = shm_file_data(file);