diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index da1098f10b54..b82115da008b 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -641,9 +641,9 @@ struct vm_special_mapping {
 	 * If non-NULL, then this is called to resolve page faults
 	 * on the special mapping.  If used, .pages is not checked.
 	 */
-	int (*fault)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
-		     struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-		     struct vm_fault *vmf);
+	vm_fault_t (*fault)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
+				struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+				struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 	int (*mremap)(const struct vm_special_mapping *sm,
 		     struct vm_area_struct *new_vma);
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 7869c4a63756..e3775096a338 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -3209,7 +3209,7 @@ static int hugetlb_vm_op_split(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
  * hugegpage VMA.  do_page_fault() is supposed to trap this, so BUG is we get
  * this far.
  */
-static int hugetlb_vm_op_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t hugetlb_vm_op_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	BUG();
 	return 0;
diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 40074c94c6b6..795a22380a2c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3305,7 +3305,7 @@ void vm_stat_account(struct mm_struct *mm, vm_flags_t flags, long npages)
 		mm->data_vm += npages;
 }
 
-static int special_mapping_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf);
+static vm_fault_t special_mapping_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 /*
  * Having a close hook prevents vma merging regardless of flags.
@@ -3344,7 +3344,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct legacy_special_mapping_vmops = {
 	.fault = special_mapping_fault,
 };
 
-static int special_mapping_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
+static vm_fault_t special_mapping_fault(struct vm_fault *vmf)
 {
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
 	pgoff_t pgoff;