diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine.cc b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine.cc
index f1ab9299875..920e60af106 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine.cc
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void view_added_cb(const FlutterAddViewResult* result) {
 
   FlutterViewId view_id = GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_task_get_task_data(task));
   if (result->added) {
-    g_task_return_pointer(task, GINT_TO_POINTER(view_id), nullptr);
+    g_task_return_int(task, view_id);
   } else {
     g_task_return_new_error(task, fl_engine_error_quark(),
                             FL_ENGINE_ERROR_FAILED, "Failed to add view");
@@ -680,7 +680,7 @@ FlutterViewId fl_engine_add_view_finish(FlEngine* self,
                                         GAsyncResult* result,
                                         GError** error) {
   g_return_val_if_fail(FL_IS_ENGINE(self), FALSE);
-  return GPOINTER_TO_INT(g_task_propagate_pointer(G_TASK(result), error));
+  return g_task_propagate_int(G_TASK(result), error);
 }
 
 void fl_engine_remove_view(FlEngine* self,
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_private.h b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_private.h
index b507de96e28..1ffa5e28aa6 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_private.h
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_private.h
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void fl_engine_add_view(FlEngine* engine,
  *
  * Completes request started with fl_engine_add_view().
  *
- * Returns: the newly added view ID or 0 on error.
+ * Returns: the newly added view ID or -1 on error.
  */
 FlutterViewId fl_engine_add_view_finish(FlEngine* engine,
                                         GAsyncResult* result,
diff --git a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_test.cc b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_test.cc
index e051d480525..7e5329da40b 100644
--- a/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_test.cc
+++ b/engine/src/flutter/shell/platform/linux/fl_engine_test.cc
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ static void add_view_error_cb(GObject* object,
   g_autoptr(GError) error = nullptr;
   FlutterViewId view_id =
       fl_engine_add_view_finish(FL_ENGINE(object), result, &error);
-  EXPECT_EQ(view_id, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(view_id, -1);
   EXPECT_NE(error, nullptr);
 
   g_main_loop_quit(static_cast<GMainLoop*>(user_data));
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static void add_view_engine_error_cb(GObject* object,
   g_autoptr(GError) error = nullptr;
   FlutterViewId view_id =
       fl_engine_add_view_finish(FL_ENGINE(object), result, &error);
-  EXPECT_EQ(view_id, 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(view_id, -1);
   EXPECT_NE(error, nullptr);
 
   g_main_loop_quit(static_cast<GMainLoop*>(user_data));