diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index c9826ecf80e2afed1dffaf0ab4d97718a13ba96b..537dcd900cb53f28ddd5c858ee8765a1d5692a7b 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -4534,7 +4534,7 @@ void nvme_unfreeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_unfreeze);
 
-void nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout)
+int nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout)
 {
 	struct nvme_ns *ns;
 
@@ -4545,6 +4545,7 @@ void nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout)
 			break;
 	}
 	up_read(&ctrl->namespaces_rwsem);
+	return timeout;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_wait_freeze_timeout);
 
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
index e9cf29449dd17f47569345ad678151393b702429..2910f6caab7d65c9648b8965ba0edbcdd0397c32 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.h
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ void nvme_kill_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_sync_queues(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_unfreeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 void nvme_wait_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
-void nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout);
+int nvme_wait_freeze_timeout(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl, long timeout);
 void nvme_start_freeze(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl);
 
 #define NVME_QID_ANY -1