1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lib/strncpy_from_user.c b/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
index 58eacd41526c..023ba9f3b99f 100644
--- a/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
+++ b/lib/strncpy_from_user.c
@@ -23,10 +23,11 @@
  * hit it), 'max' is the address space maximum (and we return
  * -EFAULT if we hit it).
  */
-static inline long do_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count, unsigned long max)
+static inline long do_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
+                                        unsigned long count, unsigned long max)
 {
         const struct word_at_a_time constants = WORD_AT_A_TIME_CONSTANTS;
-        long res = 0;
+        unsigned long res = 0;
 
         /*
          * Truncate 'max' to the user-specified limit, so that