diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
index f42c1b0f4ac8..9d70e5c6157f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_main.c
@@ -2313,7 +2313,7 @@ static inline int send_nic_timestamp_pkt(struct octeon_device *oct,
  * @returns whether the packet was transmitted to the device okay or not
  *             (NETDEV_TX_OK or NETDEV_TX_BUSY)
  */
-static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
+static netdev_tx_t liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct lio *lio;
 	struct octnet_buf_free_info *finfo;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
index 0ec4bfe6a147..54b245797d2e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_main.c
@@ -1401,7 +1401,7 @@ static int send_nic_timestamp_pkt(struct octeon_device *oct,
  * @returns whether the packet was transmitted to the device okay or not
  *             (NETDEV_TX_OK or NETDEV_TX_BUSY)
  */
-static int liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
+static netdev_tx_t liquidio_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct octnet_buf_free_info *finfo;
 	union octnic_cmd_setup cmdsetup;
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c
index 96cf4a40af66..ea9859e028d4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/lio_vf_rep.c
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 
 static int lio_vf_rep_open(struct net_device *ndev);
 static int lio_vf_rep_stop(struct net_device *ndev);
-static int lio_vf_rep_pkt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev);
+static netdev_tx_t lio_vf_rep_pkt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				       struct net_device *ndev);
 static void lio_vf_rep_tx_timeout(struct net_device *netdev);
 static int lio_vf_rep_phys_port_name(struct net_device *dev,
 				     char *buf, size_t len);
@@ -361,7 +362,7 @@ lio_vf_rep_packet_sent_callback(struct octeon_device *oct,
 		netif_wake_queue(ndev);
 }
 
-static int
+static netdev_tx_t
 lio_vf_rep_pkt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *ndev)
 {
 	struct lio_vf_rep_desc *vf_rep = netdev_priv(ndev);
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
index bb43ddb7539e..4b3aecf98f2a 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/octeon/octeon_mgmt.c
@@ -1268,12 +1268,13 @@ static int octeon_mgmt_stop(struct net_device *netdev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int octeon_mgmt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
+static netdev_tx_t
+octeon_mgmt_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *netdev)
 {
 	struct octeon_mgmt *p = netdev_priv(netdev);
 	union mgmt_port_ring_entry re;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int rv = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
+	netdev_tx_t rv = NETDEV_TX_BUSY;
 
 	re.d64 = 0;
 	re.s.tstamp = ((skb_shinfo(skb)->tx_flags & SKBTX_HW_TSTAMP) != 0);