diff --git a/include/linux/completion.h b/include/linux/completion.h
index 36d57f74cd01..51494e6b5548 100644
--- a/include/linux/completion.h
+++ b/include/linux/completion.h
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ extern int wait_for_completion_interruptible(struct completion *x);
 extern int wait_for_completion_killable(struct completion *x);
 extern unsigned long wait_for_completion_timeout(struct completion *x,
 						   unsigned long timeout);
-extern unsigned long wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
-			struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout);
-extern unsigned long wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(
-			struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout);
+extern long wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(
+	struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout);
+extern long wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(
+	struct completion *x, unsigned long timeout);
 extern bool try_wait_for_completion(struct completion *x);
 extern bool completion_done(struct completion *x);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 297d1a0eedb0..8f35bafb29d3 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -4526,7 +4526,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_interruptible);
  * This waits for either a completion of a specific task to be signaled or for a
  * specified timeout to expire. It is interruptible. The timeout is in jiffies.
  */
-unsigned long __sched
+long __sched
 wait_for_completion_interruptible_timeout(struct completion *x,
 					  unsigned long timeout)
 {
@@ -4559,7 +4559,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(wait_for_completion_killable);
  * signaled or for a specified timeout to expire. It can be
  * interrupted by a kill signal. The timeout is in jiffies.
  */
-unsigned long __sched
+long __sched
 wait_for_completion_killable_timeout(struct completion *x,
 				     unsigned long timeout)
 {