diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
index 3d701084eac6990b597588eaf69e3bf3cabbb93c..000d13ab1a2d738e8c4c584c9019789fa7281b9c 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima.h
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ struct ima_iint_cache {
 	unsigned long flags;
 	u8 digest[IMA_DIGEST_SIZE];
 	struct mutex mutex;	/* protects: version, flags, digest */
-	long readcount;		/* measured files readcount */
-	long writecount;	/* measured files writecount */
+	unsigned int readcount;	/* measured files readcount */
+	unsigned int writecount;/* measured files writecount */
 	struct kref refcount;	/* ima_iint_cache reference count */
 };
 
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
index 8e64313ed182c18898305225bad72c3b1c55eaa5..db71a13f27fe1bb21a023041726e56c09599b4ae 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_iint.c
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ void iint_free(struct kref *kref)
 	iint->version = 0;
 	iint->flags = 0UL;
 	if (iint->readcount != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: readcount: %ld\n", __func__,
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: readcount: %u\n", __func__,
 		       iint->readcount);
 		iint->readcount = 0;
 	}
 	if (iint->writecount != 0) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: writecount: %ld\n", __func__,
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: writecount: %u\n", __func__,
 		       iint->writecount);
 		iint->writecount = 0;
 	}
diff --git a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
index 995bd1b98fa8cc0d3cad7839f51b51c369a7f9b4..5a1bf3df11f832c3bbebe397cb46fe4f6cf63264 100644
--- a/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
+++ b/security/integrity/ima/ima_main.c
@@ -178,11 +178,18 @@ static void ima_dec_counts(struct ima_iint_cache *iint, struct inode *inode,
 			   struct file *file)
 {
 	mode_t mode = file->f_mode;
+	bool dump = false;
+
 	BUG_ON(!mutex_is_locked(&iint->mutex));
 
-	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ)
+	if ((mode & (FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE)) == FMODE_READ) {
+		if (unlikely(iint->readcount == 0))
+			dump = true;
 		iint->readcount--;
+	}
 	if (mode & FMODE_WRITE) {
+		if (unlikely(iint->writecount == 0))
+			dump = true;
 		iint->writecount--;
 		if (iint->writecount == 0) {
 			if (iint->version != inode->i_version)
@@ -190,10 +197,8 @@ static void ima_dec_counts(struct ima_iint_cache *iint, struct inode *inode,
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (((iint->readcount < 0) ||
-	     (iint->writecount < 0)) &&
-	    !ima_limit_imbalance(file)) {
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: open/free imbalance (r:%ld w:%ld)\n",
+	if (dump && !ima_limit_imbalance(file)) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: open/free imbalance (r:%u w:%u)\n",
 		       __func__, iint->readcount, iint->writecount);
 		dump_stack();
 	}