diff --git a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
index ae221a7b509237a649e8ccfed988265e22f07fa5..c4d870b0d5e6e26580bfd717d64489fce8d59aa6 100644
--- a/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ipc_namespace.h
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ struct ipc_namespace {
 
 	size_t		shm_ctlmax;
 	size_t		shm_ctlall;
+	unsigned long	shm_tot;
 	int		shm_ctlmni;
-	int		shm_tot;
 	/*
 	 * Defines whether IPC_RMID is forced for _all_ shm segments regardless
 	 * of shmctl()
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index cb858df061d37185cf96b7dadd6fe8d5d3e2b869..8247c49ec073c236d183ead9f51ab1f4b3779337 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@ static int newseg(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 	size_t size = params->u.size;
 	int error;
 	struct shmid_kernel *shp;
-	int numpages = (size + PAGE_SIZE -1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	size_t numpages = (size + PAGE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	struct file * file;
 	char name[13];
 	int id;