diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index 87e88f79def175e1e55dbf0a497cc084008b4cb0..64b0ebe9f9a8033e0264f2ea5d5143c89c0ac124 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ extern int __bitmap_intersects(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
 extern int __bitmap_subset(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 			const unsigned long *bitmap2, unsigned int nbits);
-extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, int bits);
+extern int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int nbits);
 
 extern void bitmap_set(unsigned long *map, int i, int len);
 extern void bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, int start, int nr);
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ static inline int bitmap_full(const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits)
 		return __bitmap_full(src, nbits);
 }
 
-static inline int bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *src, int nbits)
+static inline int bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *src, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))
 		return hweight_long(*src & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits));
diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index c9bff537979580b03b1fbadb04d55575d779fcce..f69435c23f9c8278e99e774c8f0410a10a75f457 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -259,9 +259,10 @@ int __bitmap_subset(const unsigned long *bitmap1,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bitmap_subset);
 
-int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, int bits)
+int __bitmap_weight(const unsigned long *bitmap, unsigned int bits)
 {
-	int k, w = 0, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+	unsigned int k, lim = bits/BITS_PER_LONG;
+	int w = 0;
 
 	for (k = 0; k < lim; k++)
 		w += hweight_long(bitmap[k]);