diff --git a/src/servers/app/drawing/BitmapHWInterface.cpp b/src/servers/app/drawing/BitmapHWInterface.cpp
index ac8eee1b1d..9366a2046b 100644
--- a/src/servers/app/drawing/BitmapHWInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/servers/app/drawing/BitmapHWInterface.cpp
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ BitmapHWInterface::ProposeMode(display_mode* candidate, const display_mode* low,
 sem_id
 BitmapHWInterface::RetraceSemaphore()
 {
-	return B_ERROR;
+	return -1;
 }