diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h
index 9bb761324a9c71b409081291517ec3de87e59df5..9f59fc16444b7cf0fbbfcc012d03f7104d8806a8 100644
--- a/include/linux/slub_def.h
+++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ struct kmem_cache {
 	int inuse;		/* Offset to metadata */
 	int align;		/* Alignment */
 	int reserved;		/* Reserved bytes at the end of slabs */
-	int red_left_pad;	/* Left redzone padding size */
+	unsigned int red_left_pad;	/* Left redzone padding size */
 	const char *name;	/* Name (only for display!) */
 	struct list_head list;	/* List of slab caches */
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS