diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
index 715b8138fb71..4ac4c06e9707 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/mma8452.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static irqreturn_t mma8452_interrupt(int irq, void *p)
 {
 	struct iio_dev *indio_dev = p;
 	struct mma8452_data *data = iio_priv(indio_dev);
-	int ret = IRQ_NONE;
+	irqreturn_t ret = IRQ_NONE;
 	int src;
 
 	src = i2c_smbus_read_byte_data(data->client, MMA8452_INT_SRC);