diff --git a/include/linux/blk-integrity.h b/include/linux/blk-integrity.h
index 69f73d054611..f7cc8080672c 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-integrity.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-integrity.h
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ static inline int blk_integrity_rq(struct request *rq)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline struct bio_vec *rq_integrity_vec(struct request *rq)
+static inline struct bio_vec rq_integrity_vec(struct request *rq)
 {
 	/* the optimizer will remove all calls to this function */
 	return (struct bio_vec){ };