1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/cifs/link.c b/fs/cifs/link.c
index 6a85ef7b8797..11f265726db7 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/link.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/link.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ cifs_readlink(struct dentry *direntry, char __user *pBuffer, int buflen)
         char *tmp_path = NULL;
         char *tmpbuffer;
         unsigned char *referrals = NULL;
-        int num_referrals = 0;
+        unsigned int num_referrals = 0;
         int len;
         __u16 fid;