diff --git a/include/linux/security.h b/include/linux/security.h
index 97de3fe3dd0d2c3d3c3b551838384ffc5d47a5e3..f4eb32d5b8907303e068edf82166bef17a7148f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/security.h
+++ b/include/linux/security.h
@@ -2309,8 +2309,10 @@ static inline int security_task_create(unsigned long clone_flags)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
-{ }
+static inline int security_cred_alloc_blank(struct cred *cred, gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static inline void security_cred_free(struct cred *cred)
 { }