diff --git a/fs/nfs/iostat.h b/fs/nfs/iostat.h
index 1d8d5c813b01..c5832487c456 100644
--- a/fs/nfs/iostat.h
+++ b/fs/nfs/iostat.h
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ static inline void nfs_inc_stats(const struct inode *inode,
 
 static inline void nfs_add_server_stats(const struct nfs_server *server,
 					enum nfs_stat_bytecounters stat,
-					unsigned long addend)
+					long addend)
 {
 	this_cpu_add(server->io_stats->bytes[stat], addend);
 }
 
 static inline void nfs_add_stats(const struct inode *inode,
 				 enum nfs_stat_bytecounters stat,
-				 unsigned long addend)
+				 long addend)
 {
 	nfs_add_server_stats(NFS_SERVER(inode), stat, addend);
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static inline void nfs_add_stats(const struct inode *inode,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NFS_FSCACHE
 static inline void nfs_add_fscache_stats(struct inode *inode,
 					 enum nfs_stat_fscachecounters stat,
-					 unsigned long addend)
+					 long addend)
 {
 	this_cpu_add(NFS_SERVER(inode)->io_stats->fscache[stat], addend);
 }