diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index dc52e13d58e021ac5cf7951d44c66c8e8d9a4993..3881610b64384cee634367c3c35d237a4fa2f2aa 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -680,7 +680,8 @@ static int do_i2c_rdwr_ioctl(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct i2c_msg			__user *tmsgs;
 	struct i2c_msg32		__user *umsgs;
 	compat_caddr_t			datap;
-	int				nmsgs, i;
+	u32				nmsgs;
+	int				i;
 
 	if (get_user(nmsgs, &udata->nmsgs))
 		return -EFAULT;