diff --git a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
index 5da40b33186a..cdc9fc562fba 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/iio/accel/lis3l02dq_core.c
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ static struct iio_chan_spec lis3l02dq_channels[] = {
 };
 
 
-static ssize_t lis3l02dq_read_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+static int lis3l02dq_read_event_config(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 					   u64 event_code)
 {