diff --git a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
index 18b8eb43a19bc98f882eaf1c7e6958120193ec1a..fcdab8a8a41f46d025cfd178aa84d549c3edd41b 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/nfsproc.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ nfsd_proc_write(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	unsigned long cnt = argp->len;
 	unsigned int nvecs;
 
-	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %d bytes at %d\n",
+	dprintk("nfsd: WRITE    %s %u bytes at %d\n",
 		SVCFH_fmt(&argp->fh),
 		argp->len, argp->offset);
 
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/xdr.h b/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
index 528fb299430e6a53a5d4c90dd6863f9cbe458dcc..852f71580bd067b6f76509998841f313046a392f 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
+++ b/fs/nfsd/xdr.h
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ struct nfsd_readargs {
 struct nfsd_writeargs {
 	svc_fh			fh;
 	__u32			offset;
-	int			len;
+	__u32			len;
 	struct xdr_buf		payload;
 };