diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
index 414ccbe26c71594befe6edd860469c40e60d8a93..e1e8177deb5e6531508c750b588e937764ed90cf 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.c
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #include "locking.h"
 
 
-ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+int btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 				void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	struct btrfs_dir_item *di;
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
index 96e6f3a304d384a10c6dc86e7935281e1f45ccc8..57c63873061792c3ba0d321db04e7f8057bf4870 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/xattr.h
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 extern const struct xattr_handler *btrfs_xattr_handlers[];
 
-ssize_t btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
+int btrfs_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 		void *buffer, size_t size);
 int btrfs_setxattr(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
 			    struct inode *inode, const char *name,