diff --git a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
index da8e4dfab6..e86a84e49a 100644
--- a/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
+++ b/hw/intc/s390_flic_kvm.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static int kvm_flic_save(QEMUFile *f, void *opaque, size_t size,
          * migration state */
         error_report("flic: couldn't allocate memory");
         qemu_put_be64(f, FLIC_FAILED);
-        return;
+        return 0;
     }
 
     count = __get_all_irqs(flic, &buf, len);