diff --git a/c-programming/io/freadln.c b/c-programming/io/freadln.c
index b9a6d5f..56b7579 100644
--- a/c-programming/io/freadln.c
+++ b/c-programming/io/freadln.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 #include "freadln.h"
 
-ssize_t freadln(char** output, size_t* length_out) {
+int freadln(char** output, size_t* length_out) {
 	/*
 	 * The length of STDIN line is counted without any terminating characters.
 	 *
diff --git a/c-programming/io/freadln.h b/c-programming/io/freadln.h
index 8680dc2..0026352 100644
--- a/c-programming/io/freadln.h
+++ b/c-programming/io/freadln.h
@@ -21,14 +21,11 @@ enum freadln_status {
 
 #define freadln_success_epilogue do {                                         \
     (*output)[length] = '\0';                                                 \
-    if (length_out == NULL)                                                   \
-        return length;                                                        \
-    else {                                                                    \
+    if (length_out != NULL)                                                   \
         *length_out = length;                                                 \
-        return freadln_OK;                                                    \
-    }                                                                         \
+    return freadln_OK;                                                        \
 } while (0)
 
-ssize_t freadln(char** output, size_t* length_out);
+int freadln(char** output, size_t* length_out);
 
 #endif /* _FREADLN_H */