diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
index 9cd404acdb82..1e6d24943565 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_user.c
@@ -958,7 +958,7 @@ static int add_to_cmdr_queue(struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_cmd)
  *  0 success
  *  1 internally queued to wait for ring memory to free.
  */
-static sense_reason_t queue_cmd_ring(struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_cmd, int *scsi_err)
+static int queue_cmd_ring(struct tcmu_cmd *tcmu_cmd, sense_reason_t *scsi_err)
 {
 	struct tcmu_dev *udev = tcmu_cmd->tcmu_dev;
 	struct se_cmd *se_cmd = tcmu_cmd->se_cmd;