diff --git a/projects/amdsmi/py-interface/amdsmi_wrapper.py b/projects/amdsmi/py-interface/amdsmi_wrapper.py
index 99a2c776f1..235c78ede6 100644
--- a/projects/amdsmi/py-interface/amdsmi_wrapper.py
+++ b/projects/amdsmi/py-interface/amdsmi_wrapper.py
@@ -2399,7 +2399,7 @@ amdsmi_first_online_core_on_cpu_socket = _libraries['libamd_smi.so'].amdsmi_firs
 amdsmi_first_online_core_on_cpu_socket.restype = amdsmi_status_t
 amdsmi_first_online_core_on_cpu_socket.argtypes = [amdsmi_processor_handle, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_uint32)]
 amdsmi_get_esmi_err_msg = _libraries['libamd_smi.so'].amdsmi_get_esmi_err_msg
-amdsmi_get_esmi_err_msg.restype = ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char))
+amdsmi_get_esmi_err_msg.restype = amdsmi_status_t
 amdsmi_get_esmi_err_msg.argtypes = [amdsmi_status_t, ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.POINTER(ctypes.c_char))]
 __all__ = \
     ['AGG_BW0', 'AMDSMI_ARG_PTR_NULL', 'AMDSMI_AVERAGE_POWER',