diff --git a/block/blk-settings.c b/block/blk-settings.c
index 021994f6d2d8..a891f27ff834 100644
--- a/block/blk-settings.c
+++ b/block/blk-settings.c
@@ -553,7 +553,8 @@ static unsigned int blk_round_down_sectors(unsigned int sectors, unsigned int lb
 int blk_stack_limits(struct queue_limits *t, struct queue_limits *b,
 		     sector_t start)
 {
-	unsigned int top, bottom, alignment, ret = 0;
+	unsigned int top, bottom, alignment;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	t->max_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_sectors, b->max_sectors);
 	t->max_hw_sectors = min_not_zero(t->max_hw_sectors, b->max_hw_sectors);