diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
index 88693a98fac5ed8261facecbd606cea0589c4d1f..acd941314a4b32e19f20233f5be4a6f04591bb5f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ xfs_error_test(int error_tag, int *fsidp, char *expression,
 }
 
 int
-xfs_errortag_add(int error_tag, xfs_mount_t *mp)
+xfs_errortag_add(unsigned int error_tag, xfs_mount_t *mp)
 {
 	int i;
 	int len;
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
index 4ed3042a0f1602945c884c60b7d3f7bb6c687a20..2e4f67f688560b39b9a58aa54a4168607f495918 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ extern int xfs_error_test(int, int *, char *, int, char *, unsigned long);
 	 xfs_error_test((tag), (mp)->m_fixedfsid, "expr", __LINE__, __FILE__, \
 			(rf))))
 
-extern int xfs_errortag_add(int error_tag, struct xfs_mount *mp);
+extern int xfs_errortag_add(unsigned int error_tag, struct xfs_mount *mp);
 extern int xfs_errortag_clearall(struct xfs_mount *mp, int loud);
 #else
 #define XFS_TEST_ERROR(expr, mp, tag, rf)	(expr)