diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index 8496a39154d..fe104e1e87a 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -3993,14 +3993,14 @@ vm_page_free_toq(vm_page_t m)
  *	from any VM object.  In other words, this is equivalent to
  *	calling vm_page_free_toq() for each page of a list of VM objects.
  */
-void
+int
 vm_page_free_pages_toq(struct spglist *free, bool update_wire_count)
 {
 	vm_page_t m;
 	int count;
 
 	if (SLIST_EMPTY(free))
-		return;
+		return (0);
 
 	count = 0;
 	while ((m = SLIST_FIRST(free)) != NULL) {
@@ -4011,6 +4011,7 @@ vm_page_free_pages_toq(struct spglist *free, bool update_wire_count)
 
 	if (update_wire_count)
 		vm_wire_sub(count);
+	return (count);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.h b/sys/vm/vm_page.h
index a1df6f736ae..68f68d62d2b 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.h
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.h
@@ -706,7 +706,7 @@ int vm_page_is_valid(vm_page_t, int, int);
 void vm_page_test_dirty(vm_page_t);
 vm_page_bits_t vm_page_bits(int base, int size);
 void vm_page_zero_invalid(vm_page_t m, boolean_t setvalid);
-void vm_page_free_pages_toq(struct spglist *free, bool update_wire_count);
+int vm_page_free_pages_toq(struct spglist *free, bool update_wire_count);
 
 void vm_page_dirty_KBI(vm_page_t m);
 void vm_page_lock_KBI(vm_page_t m, const char *file, int line);