1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/tsacct.c b/kernel/tsacct.c
index 1da6990af8e0..3da47ccdc5e5 100644
--- a/kernel/tsacct.c
+++ b/kernel/tsacct.c
@@ -28,14 +28,14 @@
 void bacct_add_tsk(struct taskstats *stats, struct task_struct *tsk)
 {
         struct timespec uptime, ts;
-        s64 ac_etime;
+        u64 ac_etime;
 
         BUILD_BUG_ON(TS_COMM_LEN < TASK_COMM_LEN);
 
         /* calculate task elapsed time in timespec */
         do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&uptime);
         ts = timespec_sub(uptime, tsk->start_time);
-        /* rebase elapsed time to usec */
+        /* rebase elapsed time to usec (should never be negative) */
         ac_etime = timespec_to_ns(&ts);
         do_div(ac_etime, NSEC_PER_USEC);
         stats->ac_etime = ac_etime;