diff --git a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
index 21016b32d3131..2b24ea6c94979 100644
--- a/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
+++ b/lib/notifier-error-inject.c
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ static int debugfs_errno_get(void *data, u64 *val)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE(fops_errno, debugfs_errno_get, debugfs_errno_set,
+DEFINE_SIMPLE_ATTRIBUTE_SIGNED(fops_errno, debugfs_errno_get, debugfs_errno_set,
 			"%lld\n");
 
 static struct dentry *debugfs_create_errno(const char *name, umode_t mode,