diff --git a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
index 1b9a8704781783d6e9f9f8416cc9ef6e07c280c6..0e6df289cb46e8202df710903278ebe6c1fb2a0c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_watchdog.c
@@ -755,9 +755,8 @@ static ssize_t ipmi_write(struct file *file,
 		rv = ipmi_heartbeat();
 		if (rv)
 			return rv;
-		return 1;
 	}
-	return 0;
+	return len;
 }
 
 static ssize_t ipmi_read(struct file *file,