diff --git a/include/net/sch_generic.h b/include/net/sch_generic.h
index 9481f2c142e2..7a4957599874 100644
--- a/include/net/sch_generic.h
+++ b/include/net/sch_generic.h
@@ -580,8 +580,7 @@ struct Qdisc *dev_graft_qdisc(struct netdev_queue *dev_queue,
 void qdisc_reset(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
 void qdisc_put(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
 void qdisc_put_unlocked(struct Qdisc *qdisc);
-void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *qdisc, unsigned int n,
-			       unsigned int len);
+void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *qdisc, int n, int len);
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_SCHED
 int qdisc_offload_dump_helper(struct Qdisc *q, enum tc_setup_type type,
 			      void *type_data);
diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 7e4d1ccf4c87..03e26e8d0ec9 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -758,8 +758,7 @@ static u32 qdisc_alloc_handle(struct net_device *dev)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *sch, unsigned int n,
-			       unsigned int len)
+void qdisc_tree_reduce_backlog(struct Qdisc *sch, int n, int len)
 {
 	bool qdisc_is_offloaded = sch->flags & TCQ_F_OFFLOADED;
 	const struct Qdisc_class_ops *cops;