diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 2613fca927407d0d1047eeb0006c71e780380c2b..88d970e09ce64bd815b4f01076fc6cb2f828cd2d 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ static void journal_kill_thread(journal_t *journal)
 int journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t *transaction,
 				  struct journal_head  *jh_in,
 				  struct journal_head **jh_out,
-				  int blocknr)
+				  unsigned long blocknr)
 {
 	int need_copy_out = 0;
 	int done_copy_out = 0;
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ static journal_t * journal_init_common (void)
  *  @bdev: Block device on which to create the journal
  *  @fs_dev: Device which hold journalled filesystem for this journal.
  *  @start: Block nr Start of journal.
- *  @len:  Lenght of the journal in blocks.
+ *  @len:  Length of the journal in blocks.
  *  @blocksize: blocksize of journalling device
  *  @returns: a newly created journal_t *
  *
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ static void journal_fail_superblock (journal_t *journal)
 static int journal_reset(journal_t *journal)
 {
 	journal_superblock_t *sb = journal->j_superblock;
-	unsigned int first, last;
+	unsigned long first, last;
 
 	first = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_first);
 	last = be32_to_cpu(sb->s_maxlen);
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 7d847931ee5a87f3af2db1a90338dc39236d0bbf..dc262624efa55e1aa650e11e4a0ec9086d2c4eb4 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ struct journal_s
 	 */
 	struct block_device	*j_dev;
 	int			j_blocksize;
-	unsigned int		j_blk_offset;
+	unsigned long		j_blk_offset;
 
 	/*
 	 * Device which holds the client fs.  For internal journal this will be
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ extern int
 journal_write_metadata_buffer(transaction_t	  *transaction,
 			      struct journal_head  *jh_in,
 			      struct journal_head **jh_out,
-			      int		   blocknr);
+			      unsigned long	   blocknr);
 
 /* Transaction locking */
 extern void		__wait_on_journal (journal_t *);