diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index ba233499b9a5fc1b374bc7d79ad8f636f01135b0..1114463bb856266241bad80ac8245e100802dfc2 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ fsloc_parse(char **mesg, char *buf, struct nfsd4_fs_locations *fsloc)
 	int migrated, i, err;
 
 	/* listsize */
-	err = get_int(mesg, &fsloc->locations_count);
+	err = get_uint(mesg, &fsloc->locations_count);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	if (fsloc->locations_count > MAX_FS_LOCATIONS)
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ static int secinfo_parse(char **mesg, char *buf, struct svc_export *exp)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	for (f = exp->ex_flavors; f < exp->ex_flavors + listsize; f++) {
-		err = get_int(mesg, &f->pseudoflavor);
+		err = get_uint(mesg, &f->pseudoflavor);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		/*
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int secinfo_parse(char **mesg, char *buf, struct svc_export *exp)
 		 * problem at export time instead of when a client fails
 		 * to authenticate.
 		 */
-		err = get_int(mesg, &f->flags);
+		err = get_uint(mesg, &f->flags);
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		/* Only some flags are allowed to differ between flavors: */
diff --git a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
index af42596a82f96b2cc5cccb9b28af16f567c99707..f792794f66341a5888136e6697322f445ba62197 100644
--- a/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
+++ b/include/linux/sunrpc/cache.h
@@ -230,6 +230,22 @@ static inline int get_int(char **bpp, int *anint)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static inline int get_uint(char **bpp, unsigned int *anint)
+{
+	char buf[50];
+	int len = qword_get(bpp, buf, sizeof(buf));
+
+	if (len < 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	if (len == 0)
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	if (kstrtouint(buf, 0, anint))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * timestamps kept in the cache are expressed in seconds
  * since boot.  This is the best for measuring differences in