diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index 1b3e8d2d5c8b44442616c1ee6fa9f7bf455b456d..5316319d8408172edd3e76ca636856f37e9b0706 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ static long vhost_set_memory(struct vhost_dev *d, struct vhost_memory __user *m)
 	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
-long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp)
+long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp)
 {
 	struct file *eventfp, *filep = NULL;
 	bool pollstart = false, pollstop = false;
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
index ac4b6056f19ae4cab825fb7c0868017a9121fd86..d8ee85ae8fdccec270bc69733a1dfacd766cce34 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.h
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void vhost_poll_stop(struct vhost_poll *poll);
 void vhost_poll_flush(struct vhost_poll *poll);
 void vhost_poll_queue(struct vhost_poll *poll);
 void vhost_work_flush(struct vhost_dev *dev, struct vhost_work *work);
-long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp);
+long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp);
 
 struct vhost_log {
 	u64 addr;
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ void vhost_dev_reset_owner(struct vhost_dev *, struct vhost_umem *);
 void vhost_dev_cleanup(struct vhost_dev *);
 void vhost_dev_stop(struct vhost_dev *);
 long vhost_dev_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp);
-long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, int ioctl, void __user *argp);
+long vhost_vring_ioctl(struct vhost_dev *d, unsigned int ioctl, void __user *argp);
 int vhost_vq_access_ok(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq);
 int vhost_log_access_ok(struct vhost_dev *);