diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
index 6127ab64bb399323e57e418e9742c2f5b8a9d86d..0a0448326e9d583f951932b220d90186c59f92b7 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/hbm.c
@@ -35,11 +35,15 @@ static void mei_hbm_me_cl_allocate(struct mei_device *dev)
 	struct mei_me_client *clients;
 	int b;
 
+	dev->me_clients_num = 0;
+	dev->me_client_presentation_num = 0;
+	dev->me_client_index = 0;
+
 	/* count how many ME clients we have */
 	for_each_set_bit(b, dev->me_clients_map, MEI_CLIENTS_MAX)
 		dev->me_clients_num++;
 
-	if (dev->me_clients_num <= 0)
+	if (dev->me_clients_num == 0)
 		return;
 
 	kfree(dev->me_clients);
@@ -221,7 +225,7 @@ static int mei_hbm_prop_req(struct mei_device *dev)
 	struct hbm_props_request *prop_req;
 	const size_t len = sizeof(struct hbm_props_request);
 	unsigned long next_client_index;
-	u8 client_num;
+	unsigned long client_num;
 
 
 	client_num = dev->me_client_presentation_num;
@@ -677,8 +681,6 @@ void mei_hbm_dispatch(struct mei_device *dev, struct mei_msg_hdr *hdr)
 		if (dev->dev_state == MEI_DEV_INIT_CLIENTS &&
 		    dev->hbm_state == MEI_HBM_ENUM_CLIENTS) {
 				dev->init_clients_timer = 0;
-				dev->me_client_presentation_num = 0;
-				dev->me_client_index = 0;
 				mei_hbm_me_cl_allocate(dev);
 				dev->hbm_state = MEI_HBM_CLIENT_PROPERTIES;
 
diff --git a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
index 7b918b2fb89468ad6c653a3ff9e0f616aefa5022..456b322013e269fc61f911d6f5761768c2863d4f 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
+++ b/drivers/misc/mei/mei_dev.h
@@ -396,9 +396,9 @@ struct mei_device {
 	struct mei_me_client *me_clients; /* Note: memory has to be allocated */
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(me_clients_map, MEI_CLIENTS_MAX);
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(host_clients_map, MEI_CLIENTS_MAX);
-	u8 me_clients_num;
-	u8 me_client_presentation_num;
-	u8 me_client_index;
+	unsigned long me_clients_num;
+	unsigned long me_client_presentation_num;
+	unsigned long me_client_index;
 
 	struct mei_cl wd_cl;
 	enum mei_wd_states wd_state;