diff --git a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
index 9dd1093b2dfa..1a921e8943a0 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_mipi_dsi.h
@@ -309,18 +309,18 @@ int mipi_dsi_dcs_get_display_brightness_large(struct mipi_dsi_device *dsi,
  * @cmd: Command
  * @seq: buffer containing data to be transmitted
  */
-#define mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, cmd, seq...)                           \
-	do {                                                               \
-		static const u8 d[] = { cmd, seq };                        \
-		struct device *dev = &dsi->dev;                            \
-		int ret;                                                   \
-		ret = mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d));    \
-		if (ret < 0) {                                             \
-			dev_err_ratelimited(                               \
-				dev, "sending command %#02x failed: %d\n", \
-				cmd, ret);                                 \
-			return ret;                                        \
-		}                                                          \
+#define mipi_dsi_dcs_write_seq(dsi, cmd, seq...)                            \
+	do {                                                                \
+		static const u8 d[] = { cmd, seq };                         \
+		struct device *dev = &dsi->dev;                             \
+		ssize_t ret;                                                \
+		ret = mipi_dsi_dcs_write_buffer(dsi, d, ARRAY_SIZE(d));     \
+		if (ret < 0) {                                              \
+			dev_err_ratelimited(                                \
+				dev, "sending command %#02x failed: %zd\n", \
+				cmd, ret);                                  \
+			return ret;                                         \
+		}                                                           \
 	} while (0)
 
 /**