diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index df71228d34e0ad8f4e07629c3cef5cae15350678..933ec7c324d5b9f2f5a4f122b9d9c49aa044c3f2 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1848,7 +1848,8 @@ static struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *do_split(handle_t *handle, struct inode *dir,
 			struct dx_hash_info *hinfo)
 {
 	unsigned blocksize = dir->i_sb->s_blocksize;
-	unsigned count, continued;
+	unsigned continued;
+	int count;
 	struct buffer_head *bh2;
 	ext4_lblk_t newblock;
 	u32 hash2;