diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve_vxlan.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve_vxlan.c
index d018d2da5949..5e020d0addc6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve_vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxsw/spectrum_nve_vxlan.c
@@ -245,8 +245,8 @@ const struct mlxsw_sp_nve_ops mlxsw_sp1_nve_vxlan_ops = {
 	.fdb_clear_offload = mlxsw_sp_nve_vxlan_clear_offload,
 };
 
-static bool mlxsw_sp2_nve_vxlan_learning_set(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
-					     bool learning_en)
+static int mlxsw_sp2_nve_vxlan_learning_set(struct mlxsw_sp *mlxsw_sp,
+					    bool learning_en)
 {
 	char tnpc_pl[MLXSW_REG_TNPC_LEN];