diff --git a/include/linux/swap.h b/include/linux/swap.h
index 8a15f38ebc5c3214400f84141e40f86cab920451..2818a123f3eae377960e30d2411d9af1ba66b8a1 100644
--- a/include/linux/swap.h
+++ b/include/linux/swap.h
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ extern unsigned long mem_cgroup_shrink_node_zone(struct mem_cgroup *mem,
 extern unsigned long shrink_all_memory(unsigned long nr_pages);
 extern int vm_swappiness;
 extern int remove_mapping(struct address_space *mapping, struct page *page);
-extern long vm_total_pages;
+extern unsigned long vm_total_pages;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
 extern int zone_reclaim_mode;
diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 606d0bb46091bdc49e634f0f3d2b4d434e37900e..88c5fed8b9a4bd9a54021810cf05710cff4fcbfc 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ struct scan_control {
  * From 0 .. 100.  Higher means more swappy.
  */
 int vm_swappiness = 60;
-long vm_total_pages;	/* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
+unsigned long vm_total_pages;	/* The total number of pages which the VM controls */
 
 static LIST_HEAD(shrinker_list);
 static DECLARE_RWSEM(shrinker_rwsem);