diff --git a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
index 1c0227c78a7bc4a9b0f57549c94e297deb1b9875..e66891ed38e5ce57e060faf6d45cf6da02c5c6a9 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
+++ b/fs/nfs/nfs4xdr.c
@@ -3516,7 +3516,7 @@ static int decode_attr_exclcreat_supported(struct xdr_stream *xdr,
 static int decode_attr_filehandle(struct xdr_stream *xdr, uint32_t *bitmap, struct nfs_fh *fh)
 {
 	__be32 *p;
-	int len;
+	u32 len;
 
 	if (fh != NULL)
 		memset(fh, 0, sizeof(*fh));