diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
index 2b90335194a76b1ba39ea37c460700da1fc47a72..a2cc8010cd72a70f818d289a57f1bcbc1805bba4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/atomic.h
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ static __inline__ int atomic64_add_unless(atomic64_t *v, long a, long u)
  * Atomically increments @v by 1, so long as @v is non-zero.
  * Returns non-zero if @v was non-zero, and zero otherwise.
  */
-static __inline__ long atomic64_inc_not_zero(atomic64_t *v)
+static __inline__ int atomic64_inc_not_zero(atomic64_t *v)
 {
 	long t1, t2;
 
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@ static __inline__ long atomic64_inc_not_zero(atomic64_t *v)
 	: "r" (&v->counter)
 	: "cc", "xer", "memory");
 
-	return t1;
+	return t1 != 0;
 }
 
 #endif /* __powerpc64__ */