diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index a10cf661cdae..5c5b9aed10a1 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ static inline void set_freepointer(struct kmem_cache *s, void *object, void *fp)
 		__p += (__s)->size, __idx++)
 
 /* Determine object index from a given position */
-static inline int slab_index(void *p, struct kmem_cache *s, void *addr)
+static inline unsigned int slab_index(void *p, struct kmem_cache *s, void *addr)
 {
 	return (p - addr) / s->size;
 }