diff --git a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-metadata.c b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-metadata.c
index 786b689bdfc7fe0c42d9a651a2369ffadcdc2382..f4e22bcc7fb8c6ad79d20cbb03e82093ed5a7d13 100644
--- a/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-metadata.c
+++ b/drivers/md/persistent-data/dm-space-map-metadata.c
@@ -564,7 +564,9 @@ static int sm_bootstrap_get_nr_blocks(struct dm_space_map *sm, dm_block_t *count
 {
 	struct sm_metadata *smm = container_of(sm, struct sm_metadata, sm);
 
-	return smm->ll.nr_blocks;
+	*count = smm->ll.nr_blocks;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int sm_bootstrap_get_nr_free(struct dm_space_map *sm, dm_block_t *count)