diff --git a/include/linux/bitmap.h b/include/linux/bitmap.h
index acf5e8df3504fc347cc1bdac552c4f631c55a6dd..8f71539cfb2b92a75b654113c3ecb5dfe5a47496 100644
--- a/include/linux/bitmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/bitmap.h
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static __always_inline void bitmap_clear(unsigned long *map, unsigned int start,
 }
 
 static inline void bitmap_shift_right(unsigned long *dst, const unsigned long *src,
-				unsigned int shift, int nbits)
+				unsigned int shift, unsigned int nbits)
 {
 	if (small_const_nbits(nbits))
 		*dst = (*src & BITMAP_LAST_WORD_MASK(nbits)) >> shift;