diff --git a/keyboards/ergodox_ez/matrix.c b/keyboards/ergodox_ez/matrix.c
index 6f604ae2b9..80a2d1d95b 100644
--- a/keyboards/ergodox_ez/matrix.c
+++ b/keyboards/ergodox_ez/matrix.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ uint8_t matrix_scan(void) {
   debounce(raw_matrix, matrix, MATRIX_ROWS, changed);
   matrix_scan_quantum();
 
-  return 1;
+  return (uint8_t)changed;
 }
 
 bool matrix_is_modified(void)  // deprecated and evidently not called.