diff --git a/src/SDL.c b/src/SDL.c
index 1f220b7911..53c5154c6d 100644
--- a/src/SDL.c
+++ b/src/SDL.c
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ SDL_FormFactor SDL_GetDeviceFormFactor(void)
 #elif defined(SDL_PLATFORM_ANDROID)
     return SDL_GetAndroidDeviceFormFactor();
 #elif defined(SDL_PLATFORM_IOS)
-    extern bool SDL_GetUIKitDeviceFormFactor(void);
+    extern SDL_FormFactor SDL_GetUIKitDeviceFormFactor(void);
     return SDL_GetUIKitDeviceFormFactor();
 #elif defined(SDL_PLATFORM_XBOXONE) || defined(SDL_PLATFORM_XBOXSERIES) || defined(SDL_PLATFORM_PS2)
     return SDL_FORMFACTOR_CONSOLE;
diff --git a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitvideo.m b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitvideo.m
index f5bf626b78..8b6f0cd544 100644
--- a/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitvideo.m
+++ b/src/video/uikit/SDL_uikitvideo.m
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ void SDL_NSLog(const char *prefix, const char *text)
  * subsystem, but we need to stuff this into an Objective-C source code file.
  */
 
-bool SDL_GetUIKitDeviceFormFactor(void)
+SDL_FormFactor SDL_GetUIKitDeviceFormFactor(void)
 {
     // TODO: Apple Watch
     switch ([UIDevice currentDevice].userInterfaceIdiom) {