diff --git a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
index f418f55c2bbe..a937ac7ef99f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/mballoc.c
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ static void ext4_mb_mark_free_simple(struct super_block *sb,
 	ext4_grpblk_t min;
 	ext4_grpblk_t max;
 	ext4_grpblk_t chunk;
-	unsigned short border;
+	unsigned int border;
 
 	BUG_ON(len > EXT4_CLUSTERS_PER_GROUP(sb));