diff --git a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
index b9b2fc3852ef..4e992d4f9f27 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/spi-nor/spi-nor.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static int spi_nor_read(struct mtd_info *mtd, loff_t from, size_t len,
 			size_t *retlen, u_char *buf)
 {
 	struct spi_nor *nor = mtd_to_spi_nor(mtd);
-	int ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	dev_dbg(nor->dev, "from 0x%08x, len %zd\n", (u32)from, len);