diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
index 7f38c5e11440d..3102aa94aec21 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/smem.c
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct qcom_smem {
 	struct smem_region regions[0];
 };
 
-static struct smem_private_entry *
+static void *
 phdr_to_last_uncached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr)
 {
 	void *p = phdr;
@@ -288,7 +288,8 @@ phdr_to_last_uncached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr)
 	return p + le32_to_cpu(phdr->offset_free_uncached);
 }
 
-static void *phdr_to_first_cached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr,
+static struct smem_private_entry *
+phdr_to_first_cached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr,
 					size_t cacheline)
 {
 	void *p = phdr;
@@ -297,7 +298,8 @@ static void *phdr_to_first_cached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr,
 	return p + le32_to_cpu(phdr->size) - ALIGN(sizeof(*e), cacheline);
 }
 
-static void *phdr_to_last_cached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr)
+static void *
+phdr_to_last_cached_entry(struct smem_partition_header *phdr)
 {
 	void *p = phdr;