diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
index 99ae57d01d4f668797ea4aebda9cfb7f2dd8e519..b79ff68c47c724d6c9d19e57aee00991d909628a 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/cifssmb.c
@@ -5392,7 +5392,7 @@ CIFSSMBQAllEAs(const int xid, struct cifsTconInfo *tcon,
 	temp_fea = ea_response_data->list;
 	temp_ptr = (char *)temp_fea;
 	while (list_len > 0) {
-		int name_len;
+		unsigned int name_len;
 		__u16 value_len;
 
 		list_len -= 4;