diff --git a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
index 1b1fd27de632692dc307e5a72cf65898f0e245b3..0765c5b053b52ce44819292acbef59319ffe8a6f 100644
--- a/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
+++ b/security/selinux/selinuxfs.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static ssize_t sel_write_avc_cache_threshold(struct file *file,
 {
 	char *page;
 	ssize_t ret;
-	int new_value;
+	unsigned int new_value;
 
 	ret = task_has_security(current, SECURITY__SETSECPARAM);
 	if (ret)