diff --git a/include/linux/kfifo.h b/include/linux/kfifo.h
index 86249476b57f43fff677ec05dfd5dd5b9463faa0..0b35a41440ff13751277c3356b743eadb341d007 100644
--- a/include/linux/kfifo.h
+++ b/include/linux/kfifo.h
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ __kfifo_uint_must_check_helper( \
  * writer, you don't need extra locking to use these macro.
  */
 #define	kfifo_to_user(fifo, to, len, copied) \
-__kfifo_uint_must_check_helper( \
+__kfifo_int_must_check_helper( \
 ({ \
 	typeof((fifo) + 1) __tmp = (fifo); \
 	void __user *__to = (to); \