diff --git a/mm/slab.h b/mm/slab.h
index c8887965491b..2a6d88044a56 100644
--- a/mm/slab.h
+++ b/mm/slab.h
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ struct kmem_cache *create_kmalloc_cache(const char *name, unsigned int size,
 			slab_flags_t flags, unsigned int useroffset,
 			unsigned int usersize);
 extern void create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *, const char *name,
-			size_t size, slab_flags_t flags, size_t useroffset,
-			size_t usersize);
+			unsigned int size, slab_flags_t flags,
+			unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize);
 
 int slab_unmergeable(struct kmem_cache *s);
 struct kmem_cache *find_mergeable(size_t size, size_t align,
diff --git a/mm/slab_common.c b/mm/slab_common.c
index f9afca292858..2a7f09ce7c84 100644
--- a/mm/slab_common.c
+++ b/mm/slab_common.c
@@ -917,8 +917,9 @@ bool slab_is_available(void)
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SLOB
 /* Create a cache during boot when no slab services are available yet */
-void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name, size_t size,
-		slab_flags_t flags, size_t useroffset, size_t usersize)
+void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name,
+		unsigned int size, slab_flags_t flags,
+		unsigned int useroffset, unsigned int usersize)
 {
 	int err;
 
@@ -933,7 +934,7 @@ void __init create_boot_cache(struct kmem_cache *s, const char *name, size_t siz
 	err = __kmem_cache_create(s, flags);
 
 	if (err)
-		panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%zu failed. Reason %d\n",
+		panic("Creation of kmalloc slab %s size=%u failed. Reason %d\n",
 					name, size, err);
 
 	s->refcount = -1;	/* Exempt from merging for now */