diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
index 72f459e1fdde39edac5532bf19dd2d8196da5d06..5ba4c0dec3488429de0a6a0d83fc9f89e9a8b17d 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/verbs.c
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ static int cntr_names_initialized;
  * external strings.
  */
 static int init_cntr_names(const char *names_in,
-			   const int names_len,
+			   const size_t names_len,
 			   int num_extra_names,
 			   int *num_cntrs,
 			   const char ***cntr_names)