diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-time.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-time.h
index 0fc490bac2b5..b0af90907020 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-time.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/linux/linux-time.h
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static inline long cfs_time_seconds(int seconds)
 	return ((long)seconds) * HZ;
 }
 
-static inline time_t cfs_duration_sec(long d)
+static inline long cfs_duration_sec(long d)
 {
 	return d / HZ;
 }