diff --git a/security/apparmor/domain.c b/security/apparmor/domain.c
index 57cc892e05a2..590b7e8cd21c 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/domain.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/domain.c
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ static int aa_xattrs_match(const struct linux_binprm *bprm,
 			   struct aa_profile *profile, unsigned int state)
 {
 	int i;
-	size_t size;
+	ssize_t size;
 	struct dentry *d;
 	char *value = NULL;
 	int value_size = 0, ret = profile->xattr_count;