diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
index df878aad4a36..8403f2390ab6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.c
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@
  * Returns:
  * 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
  */
-ssize_t drm_scdc_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, void *buffer,
-		      size_t size)
+int drm_scdc_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, void *buffer,
+		  size_t size)
 {
 	int ret;
 	struct i2c_msg msgs[2] = {
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(drm_scdc_read);
  * Returns:
  * 0 on success, negative error code on failure.
  */
-ssize_t drm_scdc_write(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset,
-		       const void *buffer, size_t size)
+int drm_scdc_write(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, const void *buffer,
+		   size_t size)
 {
 	struct i2c_msg msg = {
 		.addr = SCDC_I2C_SLAVE_ADDRESS,
diff --git a/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h b/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
index 34600476a1b9..e9ccaeba56dd 100644
--- a/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
+++ b/include/drm/display/drm_scdc_helper.h
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@
 struct drm_connector;
 struct i2c_adapter;
 
-ssize_t drm_scdc_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, void *buffer,
-		      size_t size);
-ssize_t drm_scdc_write(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset,
-		       const void *buffer, size_t size);
+int drm_scdc_read(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, void *buffer,
+		  size_t size);
+int drm_scdc_write(struct i2c_adapter *adapter, u8 offset, const void *buffer,
+		   size_t size);
 
 /**
  * drm_scdc_readb - read a single byte from SCDC