diff --git a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c
index dd17b8c53e1c2f1f22d4ad73f61ad13b3b2fc582..89d9c986a2297069eb67fb729557bb20ddd24599 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/spi/hi311x.c
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ static int hi3110_spi_trans(struct spi_device *spi, int len)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static u8 hi3110_cmd(struct spi_device *spi, u8 command)
+static int hi3110_cmd(struct spi_device *spi, u8 command)
 {
 	struct hi3110_priv *priv = spi_get_drvdata(spi);