diff --git a/drivers/core/ofnode.c b/drivers/core/ofnode.c
index 12977a779071802f90f6dde4c212b0cede6e10ff..c72c6e26737b610b52eaedd5e6d4fbc3ecdc9035 100644
--- a/drivers/core/ofnode.c
+++ b/drivers/core/ofnode.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ int ofnode_read_u32(ofnode node, const char *propname, u32 *outp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int ofnode_read_u32_default(ofnode node, const char *propname, u32 def)
+u32 ofnode_read_u32_default(ofnode node, const char *propname, u32 def)
 {
 	assert(ofnode_valid(node));
 	ofnode_read_u32(node, propname, &def);
diff --git a/include/dm/ofnode.h b/include/dm/ofnode.h
index 1be5ba4b45eeb0aeb06badcb8b093922e84397dc..4ab2ae1ba5cd8697800528943deb70bff5b98c4e 100644
--- a/include/dm/ofnode.h
+++ b/include/dm/ofnode.h
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ static inline int ofnode_read_s32(ofnode node, const char *propname,
  * @def:	default value to return if the property has no value
  * @return property value, or @def if not found
  */
-int ofnode_read_u32_default(ofnode ref, const char *propname, u32 def);
+u32 ofnode_read_u32_default(ofnode ref, const char *propname, u32 def);
 
 /**
  * ofnode_read_s32_default() - Read a 32-bit integer from a property