diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 1581b7bc25e7..836deddfa733 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1749,14 +1749,14 @@ extern int fixup_user_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
 			    bool *unlocked);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SPECULATIVE_PAGE_FAULT
-extern int __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
-				      unsigned long address,
-				      unsigned int flags,
-				      struct vm_area_struct **vma);
-static inline int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
-					   unsigned long address,
-					   unsigned int flags,
-					   struct vm_area_struct **vma)
+extern vm_fault_t __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					     unsigned long address,
+					     unsigned int flags,
+					     struct vm_area_struct **vma);
+static inline vm_fault_t handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
+						  unsigned long address,
+						  unsigned int flags,
+						  struct vm_area_struct **vma)
 {
 	/*
 	 * Try speculative page fault for multithreaded user space task only.
@@ -1770,10 +1770,10 @@ static inline int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
 extern bool can_reuse_spf_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			      unsigned long address);
 #else
-static inline int handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
-					   unsigned long address,
-					   unsigned int flags,
-					   struct vm_area_struct **vma)
+static inline vm_fault_t handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
+						  unsigned long address,
+						  unsigned int flags,
+						  struct vm_area_struct **vma)
 {
 	return VM_FAULT_RETRY;
 }
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 1d46609c4597..6145a2b10d51 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4841,8 +4841,9 @@ static inline void mm_account_fault(struct pt_regs *regs,
  * This is needed as the returned vma is kept in memory until the call to
  * can_reuse_spf_vma() is made.
  */
-int __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
-			       unsigned int flags, struct vm_area_struct **vma)
+vm_fault_t __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,
+			       unsigned long address, unsigned int flags,
+			       struct vm_area_struct **vma)
 {
 	struct vm_fault vmf = {
 		.address = address,
@@ -4850,7 +4851,8 @@ int __handle_speculative_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 	pgd_t *pgd, pgdval;
 	p4d_t *p4d, p4dval;
 	pud_t pudval;
-	int seq, ret;
+	int seq;
+	vm_fault_t ret;
 
 	/* Clear flags that may lead to release the mmap_sem to retry */
 	flags &= ~(FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY|FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE);