diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index cd763f31864b6aae1f3c1ed10775b163db1f174a..c4ba51dd213f1903bb561427b9f0c18cb159161c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int nvme_configure_directives(struct nvme_ctrl *ctrl)
 		goto out_disable_stream;
 	}
 
-	ctrl->nr_streams = min_t(unsigned, ctrl->nssa, BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1);
+	ctrl->nr_streams = min_t(u16, ctrl->nssa, BLK_MAX_WRITE_HINTS - 1);
 	dev_info(ctrl->device, "Using %u streams\n", ctrl->nr_streams);
 	return 0;