diff --git a/include/net/dcbnl.h b/include/net/dcbnl.h
index c14fd9483e4610331b027f018a00902e73d830a1..d5bbb797757762c1383dce0a7bd82973181671e7 100644
--- a/include/net/dcbnl.h
+++ b/include/net/dcbnl.h
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ struct dcb_app_type {
 	struct list_head  list;
 };
 
-u8 dcb_setapp(struct net_device *, struct dcb_app *);
+int dcb_setapp(struct net_device *, struct dcb_app *);
 u8 dcb_getapp(struct net_device *, struct dcb_app *);
 int dcb_ieee_setapp(struct net_device *, struct dcb_app *);
 int dcb_ieee_delapp(struct net_device *, struct dcb_app *);
diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index b7d0be01dcc4f10322e62d471d76931df86b7533..f54c784e2b5bfcf3aa1bb71146125db05f6ba67c 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(dcb_getapp);
  * removes applications from the app list if the priority is
  * set to zero.
  */
-u8 dcb_setapp(struct net_device *dev, struct dcb_app *new)
+int dcb_setapp(struct net_device *dev, struct dcb_app *new)
 {
 	struct dcb_app_type *itr;
 	struct dcb_app_type event;