diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
index 5cae0b3eee9be491c1a9b23a1a1ba0b156ff19bd..ee0cde1ecca5bdef902325c29a088ed9cf9be426 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/drm_crtc.c
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ static void drm_mode_object_put(struct drm_device *dev,
 	mutex_unlock(&dev->mode_config.idr_mutex);
 }
 
-void *drm_mode_object_find(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t id, uint32_t type)
+struct drm_mode_object *drm_mode_object_find(struct drm_device *dev,
+		uint32_t id, uint32_t type)
 {
 	struct drm_mode_object *obj = NULL;
 
diff --git a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
index b69347b8904ff29f465a5d2adb29b1385b939e02..bfcc60d101dbc816e5549e391f1561b11dcc998a 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_crtc.h
@@ -711,7 +711,8 @@ extern void drm_mode_connector_detach_encoder(struct drm_connector *connector,
 					   struct drm_encoder *encoder);
 extern bool drm_mode_crtc_set_gamma_size(struct drm_crtc *crtc,
 					 int gamma_size);
-extern void *drm_mode_object_find(struct drm_device *dev, uint32_t id, uint32_t type);
+extern struct drm_mode_object *drm_mode_object_find(struct drm_device *dev,
+		uint32_t id, uint32_t type);
 /* IOCTLs */
 extern int drm_mode_getresources(struct drm_device *dev,
 				 void *data, struct drm_file *file_priv);