diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.h b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.h
index b9871c4..ba90aa4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.h
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn.h
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@
 					 struct iwl_rx_packet *pkt,
 					 void *data),
 			      void *fn_data);
-signed long __releases(wait_entry)
+int __must_check __releases(wait_entry)
 iwlagn_wait_notification(struct iwl_priv *priv,
 			 struct iwl_notification_wait *wait_entry,
 			 unsigned long timeout);