diff --git a/fs/cifs/file.c b/fs/cifs/file.c
index 1aac8d38f887..a9746af5a44d 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/file.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/file.c
@@ -2989,7 +2989,7 @@ static void collect_uncached_write_data(struct cifs_aio_ctx *ctx)
 	struct cifs_tcon *tcon;
 	struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
 	struct dentry *dentry = ctx->cfile->dentry;
-	int rc;
+	ssize_t rc;
 
 	tcon = tlink_tcon(ctx->cfile->tlink);
 	cifs_sb = CIFS_SB(dentry->d_sb);