diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index 5a74fea..74c0dda 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -109,8 +109,8 @@
 
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SPLITTING_FLUSH
 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
-pmd_t pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
-			   pmd_t *pmdp)
+void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+			  pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
 	pmd_t pmd = pmd_mksplitting(*pmdp);
 	VM_BUG_ON(address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);