diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
index 72c8eab30d9b..e55427f73dfe 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/rpc_rdma.c
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ rpcrdma_marshal_req(struct rpc_rqst *rqst)
  * RDMA'd by server. See map at rpcrdma_create_chunks()! :-)
  */
 static int
-rpcrdma_count_chunks(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep, int max, int wrchunk, __be32 **iptrp)
+rpcrdma_count_chunks(struct rpcrdma_rep *rep, unsigned int max, int wrchunk, __be32 **iptrp)
 {
 	unsigned int i, total_len;
 	struct rpcrdma_write_chunk *cur_wchunk;