diff --git a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
index f27d827960a390dede9602f3d8196dce32d8eb8a..58dc256402e3b9ac74a5210a1a80023a82ec0053 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/blocklayout/blocklayout.h
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ BLK_LSEG2EXT(struct pnfs_layout_segment *lseg)
 }
 
 struct bl_dev_msg {
-	int status;
+	int32_t status;
 	uint32_t major, minor;
 };