diff --git a/include/asm-m68k/uaccess.h b/include/asm-m68k/uaccess.h
index a653bf80b8485a90334504e47c365e1b0319fc82..2ffd87b0a7694894547e5672655339c3062af058 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68k/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/uaccess.h
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ static inline long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n)
 {
 	long res;
 
-	res = -(long)src;
+	res = -(unsigned long)src;
 	__asm__ __volatile__
 		("1:\n"
 		 "   tstl %2\n"