diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 66f7f5bc3482c5d1eb45534267f008fa377c206b..c4f4fa23320ee7f4326a6ea3bf237e1be84c14f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ static int is_empty_shadow_page(u64 *spt)
  * aggregate version in order to make the slab shrinker
  * faster
  */
-static inline void kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long nr)
+static inline void kvm_mod_used_mmu_pages(struct kvm *kvm, long nr)
 {
 	kvm->arch.n_used_mmu_pages += nr;
 	percpu_counter_add(&kvm_total_used_mmu_pages, nr);